On 11th of November went to the same place in Ashdod.
Pyrgomorpha conica:
African Babul Blue (Azanus jesous):
Ein Yahav
During the desert trip, we stayed overnight in a zimmer in Ein Yahav moshav, where I ran my lamp.
Night-time is when insects get out in the desert!
Many moths were of an afrotropical origin.
Neromia pulvereisparsa (det. Egbert Friedrich, lepiforum):
Noorda blitealis (det. Roland Breithaupt, lepiforum):
Desert trip
On 8th and 9th of November we drove around the Israeli deserts: went south through the Negev and then north through the Arava valley to the Dead Sea, Judean hills and back to Rehovot.
There were hardly any insects during daytime! I only managed to shoot a skipper butterfly near Beit Jamal monastery and a couple of critters near Ta’oz village.
Mallow Skipper (Carcharodus alceae):
Pyrgomorpha granosa:
Ashdod
On 7th of November been to a sandy rubbish tip in the city of Ashdod.
At first I thought these grasshoppers were the same Eyprepocnemis plorans I’ve seen in Rehovot. But the structure of tarsi suggests these are in fact a Heteracris sp., probably H. littoralis:
Lots of Pimelia angulata darkling beetles were running around:
Rehovot
Went to Israel for a week, from 5th to 12th of November. Quite hot there, with daytime temperatures around 30° C.
Mostly stayed at a relatives’ house in the city of Rehovot, where I’ve found a nice rubbish tip with some insects =)
The commonest species of grasshopper was Eyprepocnemis plorans:
Numerous Lesser Fiery Coppers (Lycaena thersamon) were flying around Polygonum equisetiforme, their hostplant:
Ashtead Common
A moderately sunny day, +23° C. Been to Ashtead.
Very quiet insect-wise, the most interesting specimen was this Nowickia ferox tachinid:
Some Lasioglossum sp. bee:
