Common name: Wineberry
Scientific name: Rubus phoenicolasius
Wikipedia: Rubus phoenicolasius - Wikipedia
This beautiful cluster was growing by itself on a small, predominantly clay embankment.
Smooth, rubbery stems branching into oval leaves with very small, rounded teeth. Cup-shaped flowers are orange with red spots concentrated at the opening. Three petals/lobes branch off of the front of the flower; a nectar spur curves downward from the back and runs along the underside. The plants in this group ranged from about 3 to 5 feet tall.
Unidentified Diptera, blueish torso, with three black spots occurring from the middle back, and back torso has two black spots with a white stripe crossing the edges. Wings appear to have no spots except from the outer edges having black lines. Abdomen is black with white segmented lines and black-white patterns. Never seen this anywhere so I find this very interesting and need some help. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations...
There is a scientific paper (available for downloading from ResearchGate) about this fly. I have not yet dowloaded it, but in the "Abstract and Figures", it is stated that no published report exists for the presence of this fly as an adult in Greece. The Abstract goes on to explain that the authors caught an adult Oestrus ovis in a garden near a goat herd, on the Island of Rhodes. The Figures show pictures of the actual fly.
Wildlife
