MOROCCO, April 2007, trip photos from an early season self-organised visit for three friends to the Atlas Mountains
Reservoir
to the west of Khenifra in the Middle Atlas, 15 AprilTomares mauretanicus
Moroccan Hairstreak, male, Ifrane, Middle Atlas, 16 AprilCallophrys rubi
Green Hairstreak, Ifrane, Middle Atlas, 16 AprilAnthocharis belia belia
Moroccan Orange-tip, male, Ifrane, Middle Atlas, 16 SeptLycaena phlaeas
Small Copper, Ifrane, 16 AprilGonepteryx rhamni
Brimstone, female, Ifrane, 16 AprilGonepteryx rhamni
Brimstone, Ifrane, 16 AprilIris reticulata
type, common around Sefrou, 16 AprilAdonis
Zaouia de Ifrane, 16 AprilPyrgus onopordi
Rosy Grizzled Skipper, Ifrane, 17 Apriltbi
Ifrane hillside, 17 AprilCallophrys rubi
Greeen Hairstreak, Ifrane, 17 AprilNectar source
home to at least 20 Brimstones yesterday, but quiet today, 17 AprilTomares mauretanicus
Moroccan Hairstreak, male, Ifrane, 17 AprilTomares mauretanicus
Moroccan Hairstreak, male, Ifrane, 17 AprilTomares mauretanicus
Moroccan Hairstreak, male, Ifrane, 17 AprilTomares mauretanicus
Moroccan Hairstreaks, males, Ifrane, 17 Apriltbi
Ifrane, 17 AprilNymphalis polychloros
Large Tortoiseshell, out from hibernation, Ifrane, 17 AprilDayet Aaoua
between Ifrane and Annoceur, 17 Apriltbi
near Annoceur, Middle Atlas, 17 AprilCallophrys avis
Chapman's Green Hairstreak, Takeltount, Annoceur, 17 AprilPontia daplidice
Bath White, near Annoceur, 17 Apriltbi
Sefrou, 17 Apriltbi
Sefrou, 17 AprilEl Menzel gorge
Middle Atlas, 17 AprilPont d'Imdahane
windy lunar landscape home to the Greenish Black-tip, 18 AprilEuchloe charlonia
Greenish Black-tip, Pont d'Imdahane, 18 AprilEuchloe charlonia
Greenish Black-tip, Pont d'Imdahane, 18 AprilEuchloe charlonia
Greenish Black-tip, Pont d'Imdahane, 18 AprilCrucifer species
larval host plant of Greenish Black-tip, 18 AprilDung beetles
working hard at Pont d'Imdahane, 18 AprilCicada
empty pupal case, Ouirgane, High Atlas,19 AprilN'fiss valley
below Ouirgane, soon to become flooded into a vast reservoir, High Atlas, 19 AprilCarcharodus tripolinus
False Mallow Skipper, Ouirgane, 19 AprilCarcharodus tripolinus
False Mallow Skipper, Ouirgane, 19 AprilMelitaea didyma
Spotted Fritillary, Ouirgane, 19 AprilAricia agestis cramera
Brown Argus, Ouirgane, 19 AprilLasiommata megera
Wall Brown, Ouirgane, 19 AprilCoenonympha pamphilus f.lyllus
Small Heath, Ouirgane, 19 AprilN'fiss valley
Ouirgane, 19 AprilAnchusa species
a lovely mauve/pink Bugloss, Ouirgane, 19 AprilBerber village
around Ouirgane, 19 AprilColotis evagore
Desert orange-tip larva on host plant, Capparis spinosa, Ouirgane, 19 AprilCapparis spinosa
Caper growing out of the rock face, Ouirgane, 19 AprilCapparis spinosa
flower, Ouirgane, 19 AprilTizi-n-Test summit
High Atlas watershed, 20 Aprilfrom Tizi-n-Test
view down the valley towards Ouirgane, 20 AprilTizi-n-Test
in the Province de Taroudannt looking south into the cloud-covered Sahara, 20 AprilBelow the clouds
heading down towards the desert, 20 AprilShow More