This year I was much less active on iNaturalist: only 59 observations. But there were still a few good ones among them! (This post has some decent photos too.)

Tri-horned Treehoppers in my cousin's garden in NZ.
A globular springtail, which is by far the tiniest thing I've ever photographed in anything even approximating focus.
Pygopleurus vulpes was back (that's a bumblebee scarab beetle, a most startling combination of scarab antennae and bumblebee-like fluff).
An Agreeable Caterpillar Hunter, the delightfully named Calosoma sycophanta.
Julodis ehrenbergii, a rather large jewel beetle that I've been wanting to see for several years and that was in absolute swarms in the fields outside our house this year.

Spoonwings, owlflies, antlions and snakeflies all made their regular appearances:

Spoonwing
Owlfly
Antlion
Snakefly
Some intriguing beetle eggs, apparently from tribe Clytrini.

When we first moved to Triadi, there were amazing numbers of oil beetles, of at least two species (a blue-black and a green-violet). We had so many I didn’t need to search for them: I would find them climbing the wall of the house. Then the last two years: nothing. So I was very glad this year to spot one on the road:

Meloe autumnalis, apparently.

And right at the end of the year:

A wonderfully wrinkly lily weevil, Brachycerus aegyptiacus.

That’s for the wildlife observations. Photos I’m pleased with as photography I keep on Flickr. It’s been a while since that got updated too. And if you’re interested how I get these close-up shots, I wrote about my macro setup a few years ago.