An alphabetical index of the animals that have been featured on the blog.
Arthropods
Araneae – spiders
Flower Crab Spider (Thomisus citrinellus)
Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia arabica)
Huntsman Spider (Eusparassus walckenaeri)
Pantropical Jumping Spider (Plexippus paykulli)
Coleoptera – beetles, ladybugs
Blister Beetles (Meloidae family)
Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae family)
Ladybird Beetles (Coccinella septempunctata) and (C. undecimpunctata)
Hymenoptera – wasps, bees, ants
Large Carpenter Bees (Xylocopa sp.)
Leafcutter Bees (Megachile sp.)
Lepidoptera – butterflies and moths
African Caper White Butterfly (Belenois aurota)
Amicta Bagworm Moth (Amicta quadrangularis)
Convolvulus Hawkmoth (Agrius convolvuli)
Crimson-speckled Flunkey Moth (Utetheisa pulchella)
Eastern Death’s Head Hawkmoth (Acherontia styx)
Green Drab Moth (Ophiusa tirhaca)
Large Salmon Arab Butterfly (Colotis fausta)
Oleander Hawkmoth (Daphnis nerii)
Striped Hawkmoth (Hyles livornica)
Mantodea – mantids
Egyptian Flower Mantis (Blepharopsis mendica)
Desert Mantis (Eremiaphila sp.)
Giant African Mantis (Sphodromantis viridis)
Odonata – dragonflies and damselflies
Desert Skimmer (Orthetrum ransonnetii)
Violet Dropwing Dragonfly (Trithemis annulata)
Orthoptera – grasshoppers, locusts, crickets
Black Cone-headed Grasshopper (Poekilocerus bufonius)
Two-spotted Cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus)
Scorpiones – scorpions
Common Black Scorpion (Nebo hierichonticus)
Solifugae – camel spiders, solpugids
Mammals
Egyptian Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes aegyptiacus)
Golden Spiny Mouse (Acomys russatus)
Reptiles
Bosc’s Fringe-toed Lizard (Acanthodactylus boskianus)
Burton’s Carpet Viper (Echis coloratus)
Egyptian Fan-toed Gecko (Ptyodactylus hasselquistii)
Ornate Spiny-tailed Lizard (Uromastyx ornata)
Saharan Sand Snake (Psammophis aegyptius)
Sinai Agama (Pseudotrapelus sinaitus)
Birds
Blackstart (Oenanthe melanura)
Wandering through Wadis 