4 Feb 2023
Red Sea Ghost Crab (Ocypode saratan)
Erissel is the easternmost point of Socotra. It is a windswept low-lying area governed by the elements. During cyclones the wind and sea wreak havoc on the…
4 Feb 2023
Red Sea Ghost Crab (Ocypode saratan)
Erissel is the easternmost point of Socotra. It is a windswept low-lying area governed by the elements. During cyclones the wind and sea wreak havoc on the…
4 Feb 2023
Red Sea Ghost Crab (Ocypode saratan)
The north-facing beach of the tip of Erissel is wide and deep, with a large part only tasting the waves during monsoons. This is perfect conditions for the…
3 Feb 2023
Inversed Fiddler Crab (Cranuca inversa)
I found plenty of this species at this location and no signs of competing species. They thrive here next to a large date grove, where I rested in their…
2 Feb 2015
Red Sea Ghost Crab (Ocypode saratan)
I found a huge number of this species. At night they were crawling everywhere on land - wherever I walked these crabs were foraging. These shots are at sunset,…
31 Jul 2014
Keiserkåpe (Argynnis paphia)
Rundt Sjølitjernet og elven vokser det mye Blåknapp (Succisa pratensis) og med det har man en møteplass for de lokale sommerfuglene, deriblant den vakre…
19 Nov 2013
Leucadia White (Melete leucadia)
This individual was infrequently accompanied by the beautiful Orsilochus Daggerwing which too was sucking up salts from the sand. This the beginning of the…
23 Aug 2013
Tistelsommerfugl (Vanessa cardui)
Hver sensommer treffer jeg på tistelsommerfuglen, spesielt rundt stranden sør i Sandbukta - som her hos naboen lengst i sør. Den besøker ikke bare tistler som…
13 Jul 2013
Myrperlemorvinge (Boloria aquilonaris)
Et passende navn på en sommerfugl rundt en myr! Her hviler den på et langt starrstrå i sonen mellom land og myrflakene i Sjølitjernet.
13 Jul 2013
Brunflekket perlemorvinge (Boloria selene)
En sliten og falmet sommerfugl Den sitter her i en liten åpning i det ekstremt tette og høye gresset langs elven som renner ut i Sjølitjernet.