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)
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)
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)
Schokari Sand Racer (Psammophis schokari)
Sinai Agama (Pseudotrapelus sinaitus)
Birds
Blackstart (Oenanthe melanura)
Wandering through Wadis 