Butterflies galore:

Cretan small heath, Coenonympha thyrsis http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/164682009

Cleopatra butterfly, Gonepteryx cleopatra http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/164648788

Cabbage white (possibly), Pieris rapae http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/164648921

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Cretan Small Heath (Coenonympha thyrsis)

Cretan Small Heath from Crete, Kolymvari, Crete, GR on May 30, 2023 at 05:54 PM by Albert Cardona

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Bees galore:

Leaf-cutter bee, Megachile, with white and black stripes https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/164654699

Sweat bee (Halictini tribe), unknown genus https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/164648475

Another leaf-cutter bee, Megachilidae, with yellow and dark brown stripes, entering its nest in a rock https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/164650222

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Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees (Genus Megachile)

Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees from Crete, Kolymvari, Crete, GR on May 30, 2023 at 05:18 PM by Albert Cardona

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Wasps galore:

Cuckoo wasp, Chrysidinae family, in metallic red and blue colors https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/164681749

Cuckoo wasp, Chrysis sp., in metallic red, blue and golden colors
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/164654556

Velvet ant female, Dasylabris sp. (terrible photo, bad lighting and never stopped moving)

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Tribe Chrysidini

Chrysidini from Crete, Kolymvari, Crete, GR on May 30, 2023 at 05:46 PM by Albert Cardona

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Wasps galore, continued:

A parasitoid wasp, Ichneumonidae family. Has a look and feel of a spider wasp but I don't think it is https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/164562258

European paper wasp, Polistes dominula https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/164564404

Crabronid wasp, looking like the Men in Black https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/164654595

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Ichneumonid Wasps (Family Ichneumonidae)

Ichneumonid Wasps from Crete, Kolymvari, Crete, GR on May 29, 2023 at 07:52 AM by Albert Cardona

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Subfamily Asilinae

Asilinae from Crete, Kolymvari, Crete, GR on May 30, 2023 at 06:01 PM by Albert Cardona

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Lachnaia sexpunctata

Lachnaia sexpunctata from Crete, Kolymvari, Crete, GR on May 30, 2023 at 05:59 PM by Albert Cardona

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To all the #Drosophila #neuroscience attendees presently in the Crete meeting: above is a small sample of what lays within 100 meters of the venue. Surprise!

Haven't walked beyond ~100 metres from the venue and the insect diversity is a joy to see. An update from today, adding several dozen more entries.

Some highlights: more velvet ants but of a different species, quite a few robber flies and bee flies, many beetles, true bugs, bees, ants, a butterfly that parasitises ant nests, wasps, and even a Neuropteran!

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=37.333431184011395&nelng=26.873926214089455&place_id=any&swlat=33.61274114175391&swlng=20.897363714089455&user_id=albertcardona&verifiable=any

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Observations

Observations by Albert Cardona

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@albertcardona There was a particularly charismatic (and huge) green armored katydid (bush cricket?) I seek to recall joining the after conversations there years ago. And of course all the cicada as well, at the time.
@albertcardona here we are!
@csdashm That's quite the piece! These are seen much later, I guess you attended when it was July or so? At the moment we find the nymphs.