https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/ Other insects of Crete https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=5813542 5813542 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=5813517 5813517 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=5856698 5856698 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=5856642 5856642 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=5856762 5856762 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=6419189 6419189 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=5857026 5857026 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=6419458 6419458 These little beasties appear in the house regularly. Great care is needed in removing them, if they are too disturbed they emit an awful stink https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=5998543 5998543 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=6418308 6418308 this beetle is 5cm long https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=6416547 6416547 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=6419583 6419583 Nosed Grasshopper Acrida hungarica https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=6419306 6419306 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=6419749 6419749 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=5857506 5857506 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=6420096 6420096 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=6419866 6419866 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=6420206 6420206 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=6420349 6420349 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=6420287 6420287 The following two photos are of the same species.These snails estivate during periods of heat during the day. They move into the vegetation, away from the ground heat. https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=6856337 6856337 Found on most posts and long stemmed plants during the summer months https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=6856347 6856347 They secrete a membrane made of calcium over the opening to their shell in order to prevent water loss. https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=6856348 6856348 This large spider usually favours sandy places with short vegatation appeared making a cacoon web on our ceiling we carefully removed it outdoors. It was 15cm from tip to tail and 20cm legs span.Taken 1st June 2008 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=6709770 6709770 Carpenter Bee.....Xylocopa violacea https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=6857967 6857967 Cicada....Tibecen plebejus? these insects emerge from the ground in summer producing an ear piercing shrill sound https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=6857966 6857966 Agiope Lobata... these spiders can grow to a large size especially when the Cicadas get caught in the webs. We had three of these in the flowers, two disappeared on the 24th June, possibly predated. https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=7260679 7260679 growing on our orange trees https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=7260654 7260654 Ant Lion..... Palpares libelluloides 07-06-08 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=7261141 7261141 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=6857892 6857892 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=7988920 7988920 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=7993555 7993555 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=7993556 7993556 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=7988929 7988929 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=7263436 7263436 Argiope lobata... Note the much smaller male in the,left upper quadrant https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=7993572 7993572 Great Green Bush- Cricket ?....Tettigonia viridissima 07-06-08 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=7261130 7261130 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=7993557 7993557 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=8137766 8137766 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=7993569 7993569 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=7993570 7993570 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=7993573 7993573 7-Spot Ladybird....Coccinella 7-punctata 05-06-08 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=8137692 8137692 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=7993571 7993571 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=7993558 7993558 Ephippiger....Ephippiger ephippiger.... 24-06-08 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=8137842 8137842 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=8137694 8137694 Praying Mantid...young of the Mantis religiosa 24-06-08 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=8137759 8137759 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=8137760 8137760 Male Argiope Lobata....24-06-08 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=8137839 8137839 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=8511454 8511454 Sheep Tick....Ixodes ricinus https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=8511779 8511779 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=8511466 8511466 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=8511848 8511848 Lygaeus saxatilis https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=8511865 8511865 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=8511553 8511553 green....Mantis religiosa mantidae and the brown ...... ? Rivetina baetica https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=8511467 8511467 Cicada...Cicadaetta argentata ? 24-06-08 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=8137843 8137843 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=8511538 8511538 Pine Chafer ......Polyphylla fullo https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=8511552 8511552 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=8511866 8511866 Lygaeus equestris https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=8511864 8511864 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=9095263 9095263 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=8837044 8837044 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=9288774 9288774 Copris lunaris https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=9289121 9289121 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=9302272 9302272 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=9302271 9302271 Hornet.....Vespa crabro https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=9614479 9614479 ? Sloe Bug......Dolycoris baccarum https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=9614483 9614483 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=9614480 9614480 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=9614519 9614519 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=9614520 9614520 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=9614521 9614521 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=11949920 11949920 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=11949942 11949942 Dasylabris maura....female [wingless , a parasite of sand wasps https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=12330061 12330061 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=11949944 11949944 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=12330052 12330052 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=12330040 12330040 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=12330053 12330053 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=12330054 12330054 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=12330062 12330062 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=12330063 12330063 Syromastes rhombeus https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=13087060 13087060 Ancyrosoma albolineatum https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=13087075 13087075 Scorpion.......Buthus occitanicus https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=13087076 13087076 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=13522279 13522279 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=13522278 13522278 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=13522280 13522280 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=13522301 13522301 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=13522302 13522302 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=13522305 13522305 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=13522304 13522304 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=13522314 13522314 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=13522310 13522310 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=13522306 13522306 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=13522308 13522308 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=13522309 13522309 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=13522312 13522312 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=13522285 13522285 Schizphyllum sabulosum https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=13689099 13689099 Nezara viridula https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=13689098 13689098 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=18323130 18323130 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=18323111 18323111 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=18323129 18323129 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=18323131 18323131 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=18323112 18323112 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=18323113 18323113 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=18323114 18323114 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=18323115 18323115 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=18323134 18323134 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=18323116 18323116 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=18323132 18323132 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=18323119 18323119 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=18323133 18323133 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=18323117 18323117 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=18323118 18323118 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=18323120 18323120 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=18323135 18323135 Stick Insect......Bacillus rossius ? 900mm without its frontr legs extended , like this with legs extended it measured 1500mm https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=21714777 21714777 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=18323141 18323141 Stick Insect........Bacillus rossius ? The largest stick insect we have found this specimen made 900mm https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=21714746 21714746 Tent-web Spider.....Cyrtophora citricola with cocoon. Agia lake 16-08-2009 Agia lake 16-08-2009 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=48462062 48462062 Tent-web Spider...... Cyrtophora citricola. Deliana Gorge 14-08-2009 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=48325285 48325285 Argiope bruennichi Agia lake 16-08-2009 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=48462061 48462061 Argiope bruennichi Agia lake 16-08-2009 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=48462063 48462063 Pirate Spider..... Ero arphana or Ero furcata [Mimetidae] Deliana gorge 29-11-2009 thanks to Nikos Samaritakis for the ID https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=60693094 60693094 02-04-2010 Spili https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=77663584 77663584 Spili 03-04-2010 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=77808037 77808037 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82453547 82453547 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=82453548 82453548 scorpion 14-12-2010 https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=109931745 109931745 25-06-2012 A huge influx of these the last few days with a horrible smell if you touch them https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=158827708 158827708 False Black Widow....Steatoda paykuliana A male. Kaliviani 28-12-2012 Kaliviani https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=171883657 171883657 Red Palm Weevil.... Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Kaliviani 15/03/2014 These lay their eggs in palms, the grubs eventually killing the palm tree. All over Crete there can now be seen palms that are dead or dying. https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=190493094 190493094 Red Palm Weevil.... Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Kaliviani 15/03/2014 These lay their eggs in palms, the grubs eventually killing the palm tree. All over Crete there can now be seen palms that are dead or dying. https://www.crete-birding.co.uk/apps/photos/photo?photoID=190493095 190493095