Red-flanked Bluetail - (Tarsiger cyanurus) Κυάνουρος - Achna dam 15/11/2021

Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) Ροδοπελεκάνος - Kouklia Dam 4/7/2021 - Cyprus

Pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) Αβοκέτα - Mia milia 28/10/2021 Cyprus

Nest of Crested lark (Galerida cristata) with 4 chicks - Cyprus

Φίδια με τον Γιώργο Κωνσταντίνου - ΕΝΗΜΈΡΩΣΗ ALPHA TV - 4/4/2021

Hundreds of young House martins - Delichon urbicum - 22.6.2021 - Milikouri, Cyprus

Zitting cisticola or streaked fantail warbler (Cisticola juncidis) - Δουλαππάρης. - Cyprus.

Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) Αετομάχος- Δακκανούρα

Nest of Black rat - Rattus rattus - Ποντίκα - Αρουραίος - Cyprus

Common shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) Θαλασσοκόρακας

Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) rides on goats - Cyprus

Sanderling - Calidris alba - Λευκοσκαλίδρα - 10/2021 Meneou - Cyprus

Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) Καστανόπαπιες -Meneou - Cyprus 19/10/2021

Flock of three Species of herons resting on rock at migration - Cape Apostolos Andreas, 18/9/2021

Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus Γύπας Γύπας ο πυρόχρους Όρνιο Επισκοπή...

Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis) Ασημόγλαρος της Μεσογείου , Χιντιανόγλαρος - Cyprus

Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) Φλαμίνγκοs at Meneou 25/8/2021 ...

European Roller (Coracias garrulus) Κράγκα - Χαλκοκουρούνα -Cyprus 1/9/2021

Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) Μελισσοφάγος - Cyprus, Kouklia dam 30/8/2021

Sanderling - Calidris alba - Λευκοσκαλίδρα - Meneou 30/8/2021 - Cyprus

Δάγκωμα από Φίνα

 Εάν μας δαγκώσει κάποιο φίδι και δεν ξέρουμε αν είναι δηλητηριώδη, μπορούμε να κοιτάξουμε το σημείο του δαγκώματος, εάν το φίδι είναι μη δηλητηριώδες στο μέρος του δαγκώματος θα αφήσει μια κοκκινίλα σε σχήμα ρολογιού και το μόνο που πρέπει να κάνουμε είναι να απολυμάνουμε το μέρος αυτό. Εάν το φίδι που μας δάγκωσε είναι δηλητηριώδες, δηλαδή φίνα, θα δούμε στο σημείο του δαγκώματος μία ή δύο μικρές τρύπες όπως στην φωτογραφία.

Το συγκεκριμένο περιστατικό συνέβητε χθες 21/8/2021 σε ορεινή περιοχή. Ο ηλικιωμένος έκοβε σύκα όπου και δέχτηκε το αστραπιαίο δάγκωμα τις φίνας που προφανώς την πλησίασε πολύ ή την πάτησε. Το συμβάν έγινε κατά τις 5 το απόγευμα και μέχρι η ώρα 12 την νύχτα που μου έστειλε αυτή την φωτογραφία δεν είχε καθόλου πόνο ή πρήξιμο. Του εξήγησα ότι είναι από τους τυχερούς και ότι αν μετά από 7 ώρες δεν είχε συμπτώματα δεν πρόκειται να πάθει τίποτα και ότι το δάγκωμα που δέχτηκε είναι το λεγόμενο ξηρό δάγκωμα. Ξηρό δάγκωμα ονομάζετε το δάγκωμα όπου το φίδι δαγκώνει το θύμα του αλλά δεν διοχετεύει δηλητήριο. Απλά φάνηκε πολύ τυχερός και γλύτωσε από αρκετή ταλαιπωρία.

Γιώργος Κωνσταντίνου

Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) - Καστανόπαπιες - Meneou, Cyprus 20/8/2021

Common Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus) Φάσσα - Περιστερά η λευκόλαιμος - ...

Bee-flies - Anthrax sticticus Klug, 1832 - Δίπτερα (Diptera) (fly) - Cyprus

 Anthrax is a genus of bombyliid flies, commonly known as "bee-flies" due to their resemblance to bees. Most are dull black flies, and are usually small to medium in size, 4–20 millimetres (0.2–0.8 in), and many species have striking wing patterns.

Anthrax is a very large genus. While worldwide in distribution, most species are from the Palaearctic and Afrotropic regions. The genus includes species parasitic on tiger beetles – an unusual trait among the bee-flies. A. anthrax larvae parasitize bees. Many North American species parasitize solitary wasps.

The type species is Musca morio Linnaeus, 1758, later found to be a misidentification of Musca anthrax Schrank

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Παρασιτική μύγα που παρασιτεί κυρίως σε προνύμφες μελισσών και σφηκών. Η συγκεκριμένη εκκολάφτηκε από προνύμφη σφήκας του είδους Sceliphron spirifex – Σφαλάντζι.

Photos George Konstantinou Xyliatos dam 13/8/2021

See also 

Asian mud-dauber wasp - Sceliphron curvatum (F. Smith, 1870) - First reported in Cyprus 11/7/2020

Sceliphron spirifex ((Linnaeus, 1758) - Σφαλάντζι - Cyprus

Cyprus soapwort - Saponaria cypria Boiss., Fl. Orient., Suppl. 83 (1888).- Σαπωναρία η κυπρία - Endemic to Cyprus

 SEE ALSO - ΛΊΣΤΑ ΕΝΔΗΜΙΚΏΝ ΦΥΤΏΝ ΤΗΣ ΚΎΠΡΟΥ - LIST OF ENDEMICS PLANTS OF CYPRUS

Familia: Caryophyllaceae

 Photos George Konstantinou - Troodos 6/2021

Asian mud-dauber wasp - Sceliphron curvatum (F. Smith, 1870) - First reported in Cyprus 11/7/2020

 It was first reported in Cyprus 11/7/2020 by George Konstantinou at Xyliatos dam.

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Family Sphecidae

Sceliphron curvatum, also known as the Asian mud-dauber wasp, is an insect in the genus Sceliphron of the wasp family Sphecidae. Like all wasps of this genus, it is a solitary species and builds nests out of mud. S. curvatum is native to some regions of Asia and invasive to Europe.

Sceliphron curvatum is 15 to 25 millimetres (0.6 to 1.0 in) long and is coloured black with yellow and red ornaments. It builds nests of mud on the walls of buildings, but also very often indoors on piles of books, clothes or pieces of furniture. Every nest is filled with paralyzed spiders, which serve as food for the larvae. Like all Sceliphron species, S. curvatum is not aggressive unless threatened.

Formerly, the species was distributed in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Kazakhstan and Tadjikistan in submontaneous regions at the highest mountain ranges of the world: Himalayas, Karakoram and Pami. It was first recorded in Europe in 1979, when a female was collected near the village of Grätsch in southeastern Austria. It is assumed that S. curvatum was introduced to Europe as a result of human activity, but after that the species has been spreading throughout Europe on its own. S. curvatum has been quickly enlarging its range, forming mighty populations in anthropogenous localities (towns, villages) in southern and central Europe. Since 1979 the species has expanded to several other European countries: Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Switzerland, France, Hungary, Germany, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Spain, Slovakia, Ukraine, Portugal, Poland, Romania аnd Bulgaria.

It has spread to North America. It was first reported in 2013, and it has spread to several states

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

See also  Sceliphron spirifex ((Linnaeus, 1758) - Σφαλάντζι - Cyprus

Photos and video at Xyliatos dam 7/2023 by George Konstantinou and Mike Hadjiconstantis

                                                Sceliphron  curvatum - Larvrae  parasites

See also 

Anthrax sticticus Klug, 1832 - Δίπτερα (Diptera) (fly) - Cyprus

Cuckoo wasps or emerald wasps - Chrysis sp. - Cyprus

Odalisque Damselfly - Epallage fatime (Charpentier, 1840) - Cyprus

See also - List of Odonata of Cyprus - (Dragonflies and Damselflies of Cyprus)

Epallage fatime, the Oriental damselfly, is a damselfly (Zygoptera) from the family of the Euphaeidae (oriental damselflies).

Features

This is a strongly built damselfly, with a length of 40–50mm. Males are completely blue; only the top of the eyes and forehead are black. Females are yellowish white with dark markings. The abdomen segments have two long dark longitudinal spots on the top, giving the appearance of a narrow light stripe in the middle along the entire length of the abdomen. In specimens where the spots are smaller, this effect is less obvious.

It is the only damselfly in Europe to hold its wings straight out like a dragonfly. The length of the rear wing is 30–34mm. The pterostigma is long (the length of five cells below) and dark blue-grey in males, white or gray in females. In both males and females, the wing tip is usually dark from the pterostigma, but the size of that spot varies. In females, the base of the wings is often dark, but the size of that spot also shows great variation.

Behaviour

Both males and females are frequently seen resting on stones or branches near flowing water. The flight season in Cyprus in from early March to late August.

Distribution

The species occurs in Southeastern Europe, in particular Bulgaria, Greece, the islands of the Aegean Sea, Cyprus, Turkey and Israel, and further east to Kashmir.From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epallage_fatime

Photos George Konstantinou 2021 Orkonta

                                                                              Female

Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) bringing food to the nest with 5 chicks...

Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) bringing food to the nest with 5 chicks

Cretzschmar's Bunting (Emberiza caesia) Φρυγανοτσίχλονο - Cyprus.

Common rock thrush (Monticola saxatilis) Πετροκότσυφας - Πυροκότσυφας

Cream - coloured courser (Cursorius cursor) Αμμοδρόμος - 22/3/2021 Meneou

Εμείς και ο κόσμος μας - ΡΙΚ1 - 16/03/2021 Με τον Γιώργο Κωνσταντίνου

Cyprus Scops Owl, ( Otus Cyprius ) θουπί - Endemic to Cyprus

Rock dove, rock pigeon, or common pigeon - (Columba livia) - Περιστέρι - Αγριοπερίστερο - Cyprus

Chukar partridge Calling (Alectoris chukar) Νησιώτικη Πέρδικα - Πέρδικα

European Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) - Βροχοπούλι - Χρυσοπλουμιδη - Cyprus

European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) Mαυρολαiμης - Παπαδκιά - Cyprus

Western Marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) Καλαμόκιρκος - Βαλτοσιάχινο - Cyprus.

Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) Κίτσης - Σιαχίνι - Βραχοκιρκίνεζο

Short toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus) φιδαετός - Cyprus 27/2/2021

Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) Καρδερίνα - Σγαρτίλι - Cyprus

Κοίτα με στα μάτια - ΡΙΚ 1 - Η αλεπού της Κύπρου, με τον Γιώργο Κωνσταντίνου.

Κοίτα με στα μάτια - ΡΙΚ 1 - Τα προιστορικά ζώα της Κύπρου, με τον Γιώργο Κωνσταντίνου.

Κοίτα με στα μάτια - ΡΙΚ 1 - Οι πεταλλούδες της Κύπρου, με τον Γιώργο Κωνσταντίνου.

Κοίτα με στα μάτια - ΡΙΚ 1 - Οι κουκουβάγιες της Κύπρου, με τον Γιώργο Κωνσταντίνου.

Long-legged buzzard (Buteo rufinus) Αετογερακίνα - Cyprus.

Rare black flamingo has returned to the Larnaka Salt Lake with other 8.000 -19/12/2020 Cyprus.

8,000 Greater flamingos returned to the Larnaka Salt Lake - Cyprus - 19/12/2020 - Drone video.

Κοίτα με στα μάτια - ΡΙΚ 1 - Τα πουλιά της Κύπρου, με τον Γιώργο Κωνσταντίνου.