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Invertebrates

Over 90% of Greek fauna are invertebrates. There has as yet been no systematic research into the micro-fauna in the region of Ochi and it still contains surprises. Did you know that a kind of limpet lives in the rivers of the Ochi region?

The two-tailed pasha (Charaxes jasius) comes from Africa and can infrequently be seen in the Karystos lowlands.

That there are species of insects in the forests that are common in the forests of Central Europe? That thousands of small cockroaches live in the moist earth of the holm oak forest on the northern slopes of Ochi? That one of the largest insects in Europe lives in the Aghia Triada valley?

 The emperor moth (Saturnia pavonina), the largest moth in Europe, finds a safe haven in an old olive tree at Aghios Dimitrios.

That rare African butterflies live in the lowlands of Karystos? That “Rhodes butterflies” abound in Demosari?