Wildlife Photography by Erik Karits

Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)

Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

Emma gray`s forest lizard (Calotes emma)

Common blue (Polyommatus icarus)

Hummingbird hawk moth (Macroglossum stellaturum)

Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

Spotted march fly (Trypetoptera punctulata)

Stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides)

Comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album)

Krabi, Thailand

Asian Water Monitor (Varanus salvator)

Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)

Oriental garden lizard (Calotes vesicolor)

Band-eyed brown horse fly (Tabanus bromius)

White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)

Silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia)

Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)

Common myna (Acridotheres tristis)

Crete , Greece

Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

Mazarine Blue (Cyaniris semiargus)

Green-veined White (Pieris napi)

Red-Brown Longhorn Beetle (Stictoleptura rubra)

Ural owl (Strix uralensis)

Cyprus sunset

Orange Tip Butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines)

Orange Tip Butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines)

Western Canary lizard (Gallotia galloti)

Western Canary lizard (Gallotia galloti)

European Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius)

Eurasian Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

Nettle weevil (Phyllobius pomaceus)

Hersonissos, Crete, Greece

Chestnut heath (Coenonympha Glycerion)

Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Common crab spider (Xysticus cristatus)

Raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus)

Leaf beetle (Plagiosterna aenea)

Green Huntsman spider (Micrommata virescens)

Woodland jumping spider (Evarcha falcata)

American Aspen Beetle (Gonioctena viminalis)

Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)

Ural owl (Strix uralensis)

Purple-edged copper (Lycaena hippothoe)

European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)

Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata)

Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

Castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus)

Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

Dassia beach, Corfu, Greece

Tachinid flies (Tachinidae)

Ural owl (Strix uralensis)

Nuns Valley (Curral das Freiras), Madeira, Portugal

Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo)

Female duck in snow.

European garden spider (Araneus diadematus)

Southern Skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum)

Hummingbird hawk moth (Macroglossum stellaturum)

Castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus)

Fly

Scarce swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius)

Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena Vatia)

Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius)

Grey Pansy (Junonia atlites)

Castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus)

Castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus)

Common Mayfly (Ephemera vulgata)

Robberfly

Castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus)

Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)

European peacock (Inachis io)

Green crab spider (Diaea dorsata)

Stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides)

Common copper (Lycaena phlaeas)

Castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus)

Castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus)

Castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus)

German cockroach (Blattella germanica)

Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)

Castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus)

Silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia)

Comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album)

Crete , Greece

Buddhism

European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)

Oriental magpie-robin (Copsychus saularis)

Home sparrow (Passer domesticus)

Orange-bellied Flowerpecker (Dicaeum trigonostigma)

Common Mayfly (Ephemera vulgata)

Corfu

German cockroach (Blattella germanica)

Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)

Starred agama (Laudakia stellio)

Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)

Robberfly

Castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus)

Ural owl (Strix uralensis)

Palaeno Sulphur (Colias palaeno)

Cucumber green spider (Araniella cucurbitina)

Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea)

Sunset reflections

European crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus)

Black-spotted longhorn beetle (Rhagium mordax)

Tenerife

Ruby Tiger Moth (Phragmatobia fuliginosa)

Oriental garden lizard (Calotes vesicolor)

Pineapple (Ananas comosus)

Nettle weevil (Phyllobius pomaceus)

Dusky leaf monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus)

Green crab spider (Diaea dorsata)

Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus)

Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea)

Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

Green Bordered Weevil (Chlorophanus viridis)

Tachinid fly (Phasia hemiptera)

Indian Pond Heron (Ardeola grayii)

Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)

Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi)

Silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia)

Ural owl (Strix uralensis)

Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)

Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus)

Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo)

Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

Common carder bee (Bombus pascuorum)

Chequered skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon)

Hummingbird hawk moth (Macroglossum stellaturum)

Chequered skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon)

Narrow-bordered five-spot burnet (Zygaena lonicerae)

Ducks

Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)

Texas Click beetle (Alaus lusciosus)

European garden spider (Araneus diadematus)

Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

Large skipper (​Ochlodes sylvanus)

Four-spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata)

Ural owl (Strix uralensis)

Mazarine Blue (Cyaniris semiargus)

Green-veined White (Pieris napi)

Common Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)

Jumping spider

Southern skimmer (Orthetrum brunneum)

Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

Common awl robberfly (Neoitamus cyanurus)

The snowdrop or common snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)

Black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus)

Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata)

Oriental garden lizard (Calotes vesicolor)

Northern fruit bug (Carpocoris fuscispinus)

Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius)

Honey bee (Amegilla calceifera)

European robin (Erithacus rubecula)

European peacock (Inachis io)

Cuckoo wasp (Chrysis fulgida)

Raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus)

Crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis)

Ural owl (Strix uralensis)

Dung fly (Scathophaga furcata)

 Lesser marbled fritillary (Brenthis ino)

Coal tit (Periparus ater)

Dassia, Corfu, Greece

Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus)

Mallard or wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos)

Common Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)

German cockroach (Blattella germanica)

Madeira, Portugal

Amanda’s Blue (Polyommatus amandus)