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Wildlife on Fuerteventura
Wow! good info Tardis, who'd have known!
Why can't larvae just look like mini versions of the real thing, then we'd know what was what  Big Grin
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(09-02-2021, 09:41 PM)TamaraEnLaPlaya Wrote: That's great John, thank you! 
I've never seen them anywhere here. Are they around all year?

Well they have certainly been here the last 3 months.  What is interesting is the location on this waste land where I have drawn a pencil line -


   
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Houbara back in evidence along the lane:

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Just love the turquoise/green markings on this lizard:

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Lacewing on one of our walls


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Ladybird unfolding its wings.


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Deaths-head Hawk moth
   

   

Newly hatched dove

   
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A second clutch (2?) of dove eggs ended up scrambled on the path after a particularly vicious gust of wind!

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but the Mum is back on the nest again:

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while Shrek the Shrike is on watch for a lizard snack:

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Loads of these around at the moment:

Soldier Bug - Spilostethus pandurus

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Dove has hatched 2 babies near my front door!

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and a lizard popped in for a quick drink while I watering:

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