19 Jun 2023
Skogtordivel (Anoplotrupes stercorosus)
Gjødselbillen skogtordivel treffer jeg regelmessig på turene mine i nærmiljøet, som her like ved Nydammen, nord for Gjersjøen.
22 Oct 2017
Principe sunbird (Anabathmis hartlaubii)
I arrived in Principe just in time to enjoy the birds building nests or just in the early stages of incubation. I even followed a pair in the process of…
15 Apr 2017
Black-throated sunbird (Aethopyga saturata)
Jigme Dorji National Park, Bhutan Sunbirds are strikingly colorful, and you definitely get associations to the hummingbirds of the New World. Depending on the…
7 Apr 2017
Fire-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga ignicauda)
Driving ever higher, seeing more and more frost from last night, together with larger and larger patches of snow, one might not expect to see such lavishly…
10 Nov 2016
Seychelles Sunbird (Cinnyris dussumieri)
As the name implies this is a species endemic to Seychelles, but fortunately it is so common it is not threatened. You will see it on many of the larger…
8 Nov 2016
Seychelles Sunbird (Cinnyris dussumieri)
As the name implies this is a species endemic to Seychelles, but fortunately it is so common it is not threatened. You will see it on many of the larger…
3 Feb 2015
Socotra Sunbird (Chalcomitra balfouri)
A Socotra sunbird drinking nektar from the flowers of the endemic Trichocalyx orbiculatus. These two species are likely locked evolutionary, as the Socotra…
3 Feb 2015
Socotra Sunbird (Chalcomitra balfouri)
A Socotra sunbird sitting in a flowering cucumber tree (Dendrosicyos socotranus).
5 Jul 2014
Maurgullbasse (Protaetia cuprea)
Om du ikke ser denne fantastiske billen, så kan du høre den dype summingen når den flyr. Hver sommer ser jeg noen få slå seg ned på de få nellikene jeg har i…
5 Jul 2013
Prakthettebladbille (Cryptocephalus sericeus)
Denne lille billen var intenst opptatt med å spise av kronbladene og pollenknappene til en blodstorkenebb. Til tross for at blomsten beveget seg raskt i alle…