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Plebejus Pylaon Nichollae (Mt. Hermon)
I read yesterday that 150,000 are estimated to have been killed in the carnage that is going on in…Syria. That’s 150,000 men, women and children. That’s why the Israeli IDF would not let me near the...
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Fabriciana Niobe Philistra (Protected) (Mt. Hermon) … 1 in 5,000,000,000,000 ?
Wonderful! A working image of this rare, protected butterfly on… Mt. Hermon, at Israel’s northernmost border. He was not approachable … until he spotted these groundcover blooms on the mountaintop. So...
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Blue-Spot Hairstreak (Mt. Meron)
This is too much! Moments after I left my quarters at SPNI Mt. Meron, the trails through the field station/refuge challenged me with butterflies, everywhere I went. We know the problem this happily...
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Common Blue (Mt. Hermon)
There are 3 Polyomattus blue butterflies found in Israel. I was hoping that this fellow was P. icarus juno, very uncommon and found only on Mt. Hermon, at the northern extreme of Israel (Golan...
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Azanus Jesous (Mt. Meron)
She was seriously nectaring just steps from the trail. I knew that I had seen this species before, doing just about the same thing at agricultural roads north of Binyamina, Israel. This immediate...
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Our Bath White butterfly is enjoying the abundance of Ramat Hanadiv, the exquisite arboretum north of Tel Aviv. Found throughout Israel and one of the ‘white butterflies,’ Pontia daplidice is similar...
View ArticleWar! War! War!
We’ve posted this image some time ago. Our bovine was grazing at the peak of Mt. Hermon, Israel. I was there with my guide, Eran Banker, photographing butterflies. There are species of butterflies...
View ArticleCommon Blue Butterfly (Israel)
The trails near the base of Mt. Meron, and the trails near the mountain’s peak were teeming with butterflies. They were of many different species . . . and they were mostly fresh! Like plain bagels...
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