New friend

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SusanIbiza

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Re: New friend
« Reply #30 on: August 01, 2014, 08:22:11 PM »
Thank you Mike for your reply and the interesting link. When we were planning our move to Ibiza we were interested to read that Ibiza was free of snakes.  Coming from Australia we were more than happy about that.  But now it seems snakes are inadvertently being introduced in the crowns of Palm trees and Olive trees which are imported from North Africa and mainland Spain.  Rotten things are a threat to the distinctive Ibiza lizard and other native wild life.  Hopefully the large number of feral cats here will prevent them becoming too much of a problem.
Now gardening in Ibiza, Balearics having moved last year from Queensland, Australia.  Mediterranean gardening is my challenge now, there is such a lot to learn, but it is lots of fun.

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John J

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« Reply #31 on: February 04, 2015, 09:32:33 AM »
These guys come in a wide range of sizes. This is a fairly large one.
Cyprus Branch Head. Gardens in a field 40 m above sea level with reasonably fertile clay soil.
"Aphrodite emerged from the sea and came ashore and at her feet all manner of plants sprang forth" John Deacon (13thC AD)

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JTh

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« Reply #32 on: February 04, 2015, 11:28:53 AM »
I love these guys, John, here is a relative of the one you show below, it was sitting on a sage last autumn.

_Z090134 Preying mantis on a sage bush.jpg by JorunT, on Flickr
Retired veterinary surgeon by training with a PhD in parasitology,  but worked as a virologist since 1992.
Member of the MGS  since 2004. Gardening in Oslo and to a limited extent in Halkidiki, Greece.

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John J

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Re: New friend
« Reply #33 on: April 09, 2015, 03:07:45 PM »
Now here's a jolly little gathering!
Cyprus Branch Head. Gardens in a field 40 m above sea level with reasonably fertile clay soil.
"Aphrodite emerged from the sea and came ashore and at her feet all manner of plants sprang forth" John Deacon (13thC AD)