Hans' Personal Page

If you have any questions, mail me: hans@gardensafari.nl

1 Why this page?

I have made these Garden Safari Pages because I adore the wild life in our garden. The main pages have a standard look and feel. The additional pages dealing with the separate species are still divided into three groups. The butterflies and some other groups have a modern design. The information about these species is on the page dealing with the separate species. The beetles and some other groups have the older design. The pages about separate species contain pictures only and no information. These pages are slowly converted to the new standard. The pages about birds are pages made in the previous century. The information has not been changed since, the pages have only been given the currently applicable colour scheme.

2 Photographs

All photographs were taken in our garden by ourselves. Some were taken outside the garden. It will say so in the caption. This also means that we own all copyrights, so don't use any picture without asking our permission to do so. The photographs were taken by a Nikon FA or by our newer digital cameras, the Nikon Coolpix 990 or the Nikon D100. The stronghold of the 990 is taking macro pictures. All our pictures are available for publication. Contact us for prices and conditions.

3 Hania's pages

Hania also made some pages for herself. They deal with her greatest passion: photography. You can see some pictures from Holland (e.g. Rotterdam and Zutphen), Germany (e.g. Bad Bentheim, Cologne and Tecklenburg), China, Malaysia, Thailand and the USA (e.g. Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Yosemite and San Francisco).

Click on the camera to be taken to Hania's Personal Page.

4 Technical details on the Gardensafari pages

All pages have been made using Note Tab Light 4.95. They have been tested on FireFox and Internet Explorer. They should be fine in almost all modern browsers, as all html programming is in accordance with the instructions of the W3C. The pages can be viewed on most monitors, using a display of 800 x 600 or up. We no longer support resolutions of 640 X 480 or below. Frames are not used, javascript is. All pictures are .gif or .jpg, so no problems there. The sounds on the bird pages are in compressed wave and can be made audible by any wav/mp3 player, such as WinAmp, Windows Media Player or by using Real Audio. All main pages have a bar in top and entrance to our internal search engine near the bottom in order to make navigation easy.

5 Picture of the week

In August 2005 we have introduced our 'Photo of the Week'. This can be found on our indexpages, the search result pages and here:

Photo of the Week © Hania/Hans Arentsen (photog@gardensafari.net)
Meer info: photog@gardensafari.net

6 Thanks

We like to thank all persons mentioned below for their contributions to our site.

Pascal van Acker (B) for his help identifying some flies
Carmen Albalá Bueno (ES) for his help identifying some wasps, bees or sawflies
Joska Angyal (NL) for his help identifying some moths
Berend Aukema (NL) for his help identifying some bugs
Rob Baerselman (NL) for his help identifying some slugs and snails
Matty Berg (NL) for his help identifying some centipedes and millipedes
J. Baugnee (B) for his help identifying some bugs
Wim Bloemberg (NL) for his help identifying some aphids
Guido Bonami (B) for his help identifying some spiders
Louis Boumans (NL) for his help identifying some woodlice
Gerard Brady (GB) for his help identifying some spiders
Bert Broers (NL) for his help identifying some frogs
Bertin Broertjes (NL) for his information about various harmful insects appearing in gardens
Boris Büche (D) for his help identifying some beetles
Aleksandar Cetkovic (YU) for his help identifying some wasps, bees or sawflies
diptera.info the very best site for all there is to know about flies, with a wonderful informative forum
Hans van Duijnhoven (NL) for his help identifying some beetles
Keith Edkins (GB) for his help identifying some moths
Hans Ehrenhard (NL) for his help identifying a leafbeetle
Han Endt for all his help in many, many fields!
Bryan Goethals (B) for his great help in the field of spiders
John Grearson (GB) for his help identifying some sawflies
Isabelle Guerin (F) for her help identifying some moths
Hannes Günther (D) for his help identifying some bugs and his excellent site!
Arne Haybach (D) for his information on mayflies
Antoine van der Heijden (NL) for his help identifying some dragon flies
Hans Hillewaert (B) for his help identifying some flies
Steve Holmes (GB) for his help identifying some moths
Michael D. Hubbard (USA) for his help identifying some mayflies
Tony Irwin (UK)for his help identifying some flies
Peter Jann (CH) for his help identifying a fly
Eric Janssen (NL) for his help identifying some dragon flies
Denis Keith (F) for his help identifying some beetles
Jorgen Kienstra (NL) for his help identifying some wasps
Han Klein Schiphorst (NL) for his help identifying some moths
Frank Köhler (D) for his help identifying some beetles
Kees van der Krieke (NL) for his aid in identyfying ladybirds.
Jan Kwant (NL) for his help identifying some slugs and snails
Lidy en André de Laet-Smet (B) for their help identifying some spiders and bugs
Peter van der Linden (NL) for his help identifying our shrew
Arved Lompe (D) for his help identifying some beetles
Date Lutterop (NL) for his help in indetifying various insect groups
Andy Mitchell (GB) for his help identifying some moths
Christopher Majka (CA) for his help identifying some beetles
Otto Merkl (HU) for his help identifying some beetles
Marc Meyer (LUX) for his help identifying some moths
Tom Meijer (NL) for his help identifying some slugs and snails
Jan Muilwijk (NL) for his help identifying some beetles
Vitali Nagirnyi (EST) for his help identifying some beetles
Jinze Noordijk (NL) for his help identifying some Daddy Longlegs
Jürgen Peters (D) for his help identifying some spiders
Craig Phillips (GB) for his help identifying some beetles
G.T. Rice (USA) for his help identifying some spiders
Dr. Wolfgang Rabitsch (A) for his help identifying some bugs
Ivo Raemakers (NL) for his help identifying some bees
Willem Renema (NL) for his help identifying some flies
Hanny Reneman (NL) for her help identifying some slugs and snails
Jeroen de Rond (NL) for his help identifying some wasps and bees
Adrian Ruicanescu (RO) for his help identifying some beetles
Laurent Schott (F) for his help identifying some weevils
Victor Shilenkov (RU) for his help identifying some beetles
Aloys Staudt (D) for his help identifying some spiders
Laura en Kurt Stueber (D) for his help identifying some spiders
Dr. Andreas Taeger (D) for his help identifying some sawflies
Arie M. den Toom (NL) for his help identifying some beetles
Hans-Peter Tschorsnig (D) for his help identifying some Robber Flies
Gerrit Tyberghein (B) for his help identifying some bugs
Luc Vanhercke (B) for his help identifying some daddy-long-legs
Eddy Verfaillie (B) for his help identifying some moths
Frans Vermeer (NL) for his help correctly identifying the ant lion
Heikki Virkkunen (Fin) for his help identifying some moths
Jos en Gaby Viskens (B) for their help identifying some bugs
Jan Hein Visser (NL) for his help identifying some slugs and snails
Vlinderstichting Nederland, especially Robert Ketelaar for his help identifying some dragon flies
Jeroen Voogd (NL) for his help identifying some caterpillars and moths
waarneming.nl (NL), Dutch site with an excellent forum
Bastiaan Wakkie (NL) for his help identifying some hover flies
Mike Wall (GB) for his help identifying some moths
Ruud van der Weele (NL) for his help identifying some flies
Rob Westerduijn (NL) for his help identifying some leafbeetles
Cun Wijnen (NL) for his help identifying some moths
Fredy de Wilde (NL) for his help identifying some moths and some dragon flies
Kees Zwakhals (NL) for his help identifying some parasitic wasps

7 Literature list

The texts are based on general knowledge and the following books and magazines:

David V. Alford - Farbatlas der Schädlinge an Zierpflanzen (Ferdinand Enke Verlag, Stuttgart,1997)

Heiko Bellmann - Gids van Bijen, Wespen en Mieren (Tirion, Baarn, 1998)

Heiko Bellmann - Spinnentiere Europas (Kosmos, Stuttgart, 2001)

Heiko Bellmann - Tirion Insectengids (Tirion, Baarn, 2001)

Michiel Boeken a.o. - De loopkevers van Nederland en Vlaanderen (Jeugdbondsuitgeverij, Utrecht 2002)

Ben Brugge - Wapenvliegen Tabel (Jeugdbondsuitgeverij, Utrecht, 2002)

David Carter and Brian Hargreaves - Thieme's Rupsengids (Thieme, Zutphen, 1987)

Michael Chinery - De nieuwe Insektengids (Tirion, Baarn, 1998)

Ida van Dam and others - Dagactieve nachtvlinders (KNNV 1998)

H.H. Ewers - Mieren (Van Stockum, 1931)

Barry Goater - British Pyralid Moths (Harley Books, Colchester, UK, 1986)

Bryan Goethals - Snelcursus araneologie (private production, 1997)

Grote Spectrum Encyclopedie (Het Spectrum, ca. 1980)

Eberhard von Hagen and Ambros Aichhorn - Hummeln (Fauna Verlag, Nottuln, 2003)

Joachim and Hiroko Haupt - Fliegen und Mücken (Naturbuchverlag Augsburg, 1998)

Karel Hudec - Przewodnik ptaki (Multico 1997)

Karel Hurka - Carabidae of the Chech and Slovak Republics (Kabourek, Zlin, 1996)

M.A. IJsseling and A. Scheygrond - Wat is dat voor een dier? (Thieme 1962)

M de Jong - Vogelnesten en eieren (Van Dishoeck, 1968)

Lars Jonsson - Vogels van Nederland (Natuurmonumenten 1998)

Gerhard Jurzitza - Libellengids (Tirion 2001)

Jan van de Kam - Landelijk Nederland (Reader's Digest 1977)

Wim Klein - De graafwespen van de Benelux (Jeugdbondsuitgeverij, Utrecht, 1996)

Kurt Kormann - Schwebfliegen und Blasenkopffliegen Mitteleuropas (Fauna Verlag, Nottuln, 2002)

Joop H. Kuchlein - De kleine vlinders (Pudoc Wageningen, 1993)

J.W.M. Marijnissen - De interactieve Flora van Nederland [CD-ROM-uitgave] (Natuurmonumenten 1998)

Franz Peter Möhres - Kevers in kleur (De Haan, Van Loghum Slaterus, 1963)

J.G. van Nes - De eieren en nesten van onze vogels (Thieme, 1953)

Burkhard Nippe a.o. - Atlas der Raupen (Verlag Friedrich Pfeil, München 2000)

I. Novak and F. Severa - Vlinders (Thieme 1981)

Jürgen Nicolai a.o. - Vogelgids in kleur (Thieme 1985)

Olsen / Sunesen / Pedersen - Kleine dieren in het bos (Schuyt & Co. 1998)

Umberto Parenti - Guide to the Microlepidoptera of Europa (Museo Regionale Torino, 2002)

T.M.J. Peeters - De wespen en mieren van Nederland (KNNV uitgeverij, 2004

Roger Tory Peterson - Western Birds (Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1989)

Jim Porter - Caterpillars of the British Isles (Viking, Penguin Books, London, 1997)

Menno Reemer - Zweefvliegen veldgids (Jeugdbondsuitgeverij 2000)

Edmund Reitter - Die Farbtafeln aus Fauna Germanica: Käfer (Meier München, 1994)

Michael J. Roberts - Spinnengids (Tirion, 1998)

H. Rötschke - Die Eupithecien Mitteleuropas (Rötschke, Spaichingen, 2004) [CD-ROM]

H. Rötschke - Die Geometriden Mitteleuropas (Rötschke, Spaichingen, 2003) [CD-ROM]

H. Rötschke - Die Noctuidae Mitteleuropas (Rötschke, Spaichingen, 2003) [CD-ROM]

H. Rötschke - Die Spinner und Schwärmer Europas (Rötschke, Spaichingen, 2003) [CD-ROM]

Gilles San Martin, Tim Adriaens & Violaine Fichfet - Gaasvliegentabel voor de Benelux (Jeugdbond voor Natuur en Milieu VZW, 2005)

Frieder Sauer - 600 Käfer (Fauna Verlag, Karlsfeld, 1993)

Frieder Sauer - Wanzen und Zikaden (Fauna Verlag, Karlsfeld, 1996)

Frieder Sauer - Wasserinsekten (Fauna Verlag, Nottuln, 1994)

Detlef Singer - Zangvogels (Thieme 1966)

Bernard Skinner - Moths of the British Isles (Viking London, 1997)

W. Stichmann and E. Kretschmar - Nieuwe Dierengids (Tirion 1999)

Tom Tolman and Richard Lewington - De nieuwe Vlindergids (Tirion 1997)

Various magazines "Duurzame landbouw" by the KVLT and the Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen (Herman Marien, Geel)

Various volumes of the BBC Wildlife Magazine

Various volumes of the magazine of the Vereniging Natuurmonumenten as well as its Handbook

Vogelbescherming Nederland - Natuur van het Boerenland [CD]

Vogelbescherming Nederland - Vogelzang in Nederland en België (Fidelio) [CD]

Paul Waring and Martin Townsend - Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland (British Wildlife Publishing, 2003)

Paul Waring, Martin Townsend & de Vlinderstichting Nederland - Nachtvlinders (Tirion, 2006)

Ekkehard Wachmann a.o. - Wanzen Band 1 (Goecke & Evers, Keltern, 2006)

Ekkehard Wachmann a.o. - Wanzen Band 2 (Goecke & Evers, Keltern, 2004)

Ekkehard Wachmann and Christoph Saure - Netzflügler, Schlamm- und Kamelhalsfliegen (Naturbuchverlag, Augsburg, 1997).

P. v.d. Wiel - Welke kever is dat? (Thieme 1954)

Rolf Witt - Wespen (Naturbuchverlag Augsburg, 1998)

Theo Zeegers - Tabel voor de grotere sluipvliegen en horzels van Nederland (Jeugdbondsuitgeverij, Utrecht, 1992)

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