About Insects

Annette Ochs In Corfu, as in many other places in the Mediterranean, we find an olive monoculture that results in an unbalanced amount of a bug, the Daikos (Bactrocera oleae), that lays its eggs in the olive fruit. Daikos (Bactrocera…

Annette Ochs In Corfu, as in many other places in the Mediterranean, we find an olive monoculture that results in an unbalanced amount of a bug, the Daikos (Bactrocera oleae), that lays its eggs in the olive fruit. Daikos (Bactrocera…

A delicious fruit for the autumn. Sorbus domestica is a deciduous tree growing to 15m (50ft) at a medium rate with a trunk up to 1m (3′ 4″) in diameter. On exposed sites it may only grow to be a…

Serviceberry is a small deciduous tree or large shrub growing to 6 m (19ft) by 4 m (13ft). It is in flower in April, and the seeds ripen from Jun to July. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and…

Sheepberry is a small to medium sized deciduous tree with edible and medicinal uses. It grows to 9m (30ft) by 5m (16ft) with a short trunk up to 25cm (10″) in diameter. It is one of the largest of the…

Aegle marmelos – Bael Tree, Golden Apple or Bengal Quince – is a mid-size, slow-growing deciduous tree native to India growing up to 18m in the right conditions. The fruits, leaves, twigs and root of the Bael tree are used…