{"id":8722,"date":"2023-08-15T19:32:57","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T19:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/?p=8722"},"modified":"2025-08-14T17:48:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T17:48:18","slug":"glorious-insects-and-flowers-of-the-dolomites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/15\/glorious-insects-and-flowers-of-the-dolomites\/","title":{"rendered":"Glorious Insects and Flowers of the Dolomites"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sticky Clary (Salvia glutinosa), Val Sugana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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At Calvello, Val di Fiemme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Val di Fiemme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Brown Argus at Redagno<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Dolomite landscape at Redagno<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Idas Blue at Anterivo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Stone Grasshopper above Anterivo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Alpine meadow and forest, with wood-stacks, above Anterivo. The flower-rich grass is cut annually for hay. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Burnet Moth on Scabious above Anterivo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Scotch Argus at Anterivo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Fir forest, marsh with Birches, meadow, bog pool above Anterivo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Great Green Bush-Cricket above Anterivo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Silver-washed Fritillary on Devilsbit Scabious<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Alpine Green Grasshopper, Val di Fiemme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Golden-ringed Dragonfly at Calvello<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Well-maintained Alpine meadow at Calvello, with hingeless gate, Hazel bushes, Birch and Fir trees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Lingon or Cowberry at Calvello: far less common than Bilberry in the Dolomites<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Chalkhill Blue, male, above Carano, on legume<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Vetch and Thyme on limestone beside forest path (with fir-cone), Calvello<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Chalkhill Blue, male<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Pine Hawk-Moth caterpillar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Large Skipper on alpine pink<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Large Pine Weevil at Calvello<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Abandoned flowery meadow colonised by Fir trees, Val di Fiemme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Kestrel above Val di Fiemme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

For more, see Dolomites Wildlife (part 2)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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