morten ross – photographs of the natural world

13 Dec 2023

Narrow Stargrass (Hypoxis angustifolia)

Found in many places on the northeastern plateau of Socotra where it grows in holes and cracks in the limestone. The population on Socotra has 4 tepals opposed…

by morten

SocotraPlantsHypoxidaceae

13 Dec 2023

Narrow Stargrass (Hypoxis angustifolia)

Found in many places on the northeastern plateau of Socotra where it grows in holes and cracks in the limestone. The population on Socotra has 4 tepals opposed…

by morten

SocotraPlantsHypoxidaceae

13 Dec 2023

Narrow Stargrass (Hypoxis angustifolia)

Found in many places on the northeastern plateau of Socotra where it grows in holes and cracks in the limestone. The population on Socotra has 4 tepals opposed…

by morten

SocotraPlantsHypoxidaceae

13 Dec 2023

Narrow Stargrass (Hypoxis angustifolia)

The population on Socotra has 4 tepals opposed to 6 in Africa. Native range is Tropical & South Africa, West Indian Ocean, Southwest Arabian Peninsula.…

by morten

SkogbygdaVikenNorwayInsekterSikader

31 Jul 2014

Cicadella viridis

Siden jeg var liten kan jeg huske disse hoppe til alle kanter når jeg vandret rundt i randen rundt Sjølitjernet. Her ser vi en hunn. Til tross for at denne…

by morten

SvartskogNorwayInsekterSikader

22 Jun 2011

Skumsikader (Aphrophoridae & Cercopidae)

Jeg husker veldig godt den grøssene følelsen jeg som liten fikk når jeg plukket blomster og kom borti en slik spyttklyse. Det ser jo ut som spytt og ingen…

by morten