Iphiona

Broccoli Soft Coral

Spotted at Napoleon Reef dive site, Dahab.

Unknown Moth

about 1.5 cm long

Unknown Moth

small light-colored moth

Spotting

small white flowers, leaves slender and short

Monsonia

spotted in a coastal desert wadi

Mating Hoverflies

spotting #500 :-)

Unknown fly

small winged insect

Bitter Gourd

Young plant growing in a coastal desert wadi after recent rains.

Horse Purslane

Young plants growing in a coastal desert wadi after recent rains.

Unknown Caterpillar

about 3 cm in length

Cometes

Spotted in a coastal desert wadi several months after a winter rain/flood

Stork's Bill

grazed by local herds of goats and sheep

Egyptian Noctuid

aka Green Drab Moth

Unknown Insect

tiny (.4 cm in length) winged insects on a Pulicaria incisa flower

Grasshopper

about 3 cm in length

Jewel Beetle

small, about .8 cm in length, copper-colored; Buprestidae family

Grasshopper

about 5 cm in length, very camouflaged against rocks

Jumping Spider

small, dark-colored jumping spider, less than 1 cm in length

Web

web built in corner between rocks, about 10 cm across

Spotting

about 1 cm in length

Mouse Ear Plant

called ودين الفاد (wideen el far) in Arabic, or "the ears of the mouse"

Jumping Spider

small, peachy-colored jumping spider

Green Lynx Spider

1 cm in length