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Greek lacewings

Nemoptera Coa

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Description:

Greek lacewings (Nemoptera Coa), an endemic nemoptera species, spotted foraging in various plants and wildflowers, in Pelion Mountain, Greece.

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Comments (18)
JillBlack
Beautiful lacewing and nice series Despina
DespinaTsafetopoulou
Thank you, dear @DanielePralong :) It was a serendipitous moment for me too, when I spotted all these beautiful insects, flying all around me, in a such a short distance from the city...
Mark Ridgway
Beautiful series and amazing creature Despina. Thank you.
staccyh
Lovely series, such beautiful wings! :)
DespinaTsafetopoulou
Dear @VivBraznell, we have 2 Nemoptera species in Greece, that;s the one, Nemoptera Coa, and the other one is Nemoptera Sinuata, wich can be also found in the Balkans, Turkey and north Africa...I d' love to see that one too :)
VivBraznell
Wow! What a beautiful spotting Despina. I love the patterns in the wings. Lucky you!
DespinaTsafetopoulou
Yesterday wiith my husband, we went to the so -called (by me) "Nemoptera Coa paradise"! They were everywhere! It was truly amazing! And they were flying all around us so gracefully...I had to snap the pics :)
njumer
Whoa, that's an really cool bug !

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