Pancrustacea

I found these pair of Agapanthia pustulifera beetles mating in Ferula communis flowers.

Thanks to Ivan (argus) for the ID.

A fast running beetle of the sandy desert in N Africa and S Israel, predating on insects and especially large ants.

We found this beautiful bug in Mt Hermon. It has typical dots and stripes.

We found this beautiful bugs in Mt Hermon. They have typical dots and stripes.They were very active on a Ferula hermonis plant.

We found this beautiful bugs in Mt Hermon. They have typical dots and stripes.They were very active on a Ferula hermonis plant.

I found this beautiful caterpillar on Euphorbia plants in the sand dunes of Merzuga. Thanks to Peter (BATU) for the quick ID.

We found this lovely butterfly on a wild oregano, anybody can assist with an ID?

It was cool and windy, so this swallowtail did not move much.

Poekilocerus bufonius is a unique, poisonous desert grasshopper. It has a yellow dotted black colour that allerts other animals not to deal with it. This insect eats foliage of poisonous plants like Calotropis procera (apple of Sodom). Here you can see a mating couple on a bark of Callotropis procera.

This is a young Poekilocerus bufonius grasshopper, typical to the extreme desert. One of the only insects that can feed on Apocynaceae poisonous plants.

Pontia glauconome is a common desert butterfly, the caterpillars are feeding on plants of the Resedaceae and Brassicaceae familes. I found this one on a cold afternoon, so it did not fly.

We found hundreds of Scantius aegyptius bugs gathering on a wild pistachio tree. Anybody knows why they do that ? Ori

Its cold and lonely