Visiting
the Steinhardt Museum in Tel Aviv.
Not
far from Tel Aviv we found a small lake with rich vegetation around. On
its shore grew yellow flowers which were visited by colorful Jewel Beetles.
A female of Anthaxia
diadema (Fischer von Waldheim, 1824).
Anthaxia
togata Abeille de Perrin, 1882.
View of the dry lake.
Acmaeodera
simulans Abeille de Perrin, 1891.
Anthaxia
cichorii (Olivier, 1790).
Landscape
of lower Galilee.
Jewel Beetles meeting.
A little oak forest near Bethlehem in the lower Galilee.
Anthaxia
sponsa Kiesenwetter, 1857. On the picture the purple variation violacea Bílý,
1977 is shown which is only known from the Near East.
Acmaeodera
brevipes Kiesenwetter, 1858.
Acmaeoderella
gibbulosa (Ménétriés, 1832).
Natural reserve Alonei Aba.
Anthaxia
fulgurans (Schrank, 1789).
Anthaxia
perrini Obenberger, 1918.
Acmaeodera
saxicola Spinola, 1838.
Species
of Acmaeodera especially of the subgenus Acmaeotethya sitting under loose bark
of dry sunexposed branches of different kind of wood, for example of oaks. We
could find Acmaeodera ottomana (Frivaldszky, 1837), Acmaeodera simulans Abeille
de Perrin, 1891, Acmaeodera biseriata Reitter, 1890, Acmaeodera saxicola
Spinola, 1838 and Acmaeodera crinita Gory, 1840 with that kind of method
sometimes very common.
Acmaeodera
ottomana (Frivaldszky, 1837) can be found on yellow flowers or on dead branches
of oaks.
Perotis chlorana (Laporte
& Gory, 1836).
Lomelosia prolifera (L.) Greuter & Burdet.
Typical
forest with Pinus brutia Ten. and Quercus coccifera L. on Mount Carmel.
Anthaxia
israelita Abeille de Perrin, 1882 which is endemic to the Near East and
represent Anthaxia escalerinella Novak, 1988 from Morocco in this Region.
Cistus
creticus L.
Anthaxia
praeclara Mannerheim, 1837 a common species which take its development in wood
of Pinus. Adults visiting different flowers, most of all pink Cistus.
The
house centipedes Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus, 1758) a monster in the night.
Mount Meron and its surroundings.
Anthaxia
pinguis Kirsch, 1880, a typical species of Pine Forests.
Anthaxia
discicollis Gory & Laporte, 1839. In Israel this species reaches the
southest part of its whole Distribution.
Anthaxia
eugeniae Ganglbauer, 1885. In Israel the subspecies halperini Niehuis, 1993 is
present. Females differs in color from the nominate form.
Dunes of
The
spur-winged lapwing Vanellus spinosus (Linnaeus, 1758).
Rubus
sanctus Schreb. is hostplant for the following Jewel Beetle.
Agrilus
viridicaerulans Marseul, 1868.
Cliff
of Rosh haNikra next to the border to Libanon.
Landscape
of the lower Galilee.
Beautiful
oak forest within the lower Galilee.
Acmaeodera
ottomana (Frivaldszky, 1837) on yellow Asteracea.
Turtle
cross the way. Testudo graeca
Linnaeus, 1758.
Acmaeodera
biseriata Reitter, 1890.
Who is the owner of this house
or rather entrance?
The
Mount Carmel blind mole rat Spalax carmeli Nevo, Ivanitskaya & Beiles, 2001.
Flowering
Umbelliferae are most attractive to Jewel Beetles.
Romantic
Olive Plantage.
Next to the olive plantage growing Crateagus sp.
Ptosima
undecimmaculata (Herbst, 1784) on Crateagus sp.
Couple
of Anthaxia bicolor Faldermann, 1835.
Typical
coloured Anthaxia sponsa Kiesenwetter, 1857. The commonest species of
Buprestidae at the trip.
Anthaxia
myrmidon Abeille de Perrin, 1891.
Dry area with sparse vegetation.
Acmaeoderella
despecta (Baudi di Selve, 1870).
Acmaeodera flavolineata Laporte & Gory, 1835.
Capnodis
carbonaria (Klug, 1829) a pest of Prunus species in the Near East.
The shellflower Moluccella laevis L.
Chrysis martinella Du Buysson, 1900.
Britannia Park south of Bet Schemesch.
Acmaeoderella lanuginosa (Gyllenhal in Schönherr, 1817).
Female of Hedychridium scutellare (Tournier, 1878).
Probably Ophrys
sp.
The red cudweed Helichrysum sanguineum (L.) Kostel.
Desertous vegetation near Sderot.
Looking forward the next meal.
Acmaeoderella elegans spp. miribella (Obenberger, 1946).
Deserteous
place with Acacia sp.
Chrysis
splendidula ssp. chlorisans Du Buysson, 1891.
Vitis vinifera L. within a garden.
Agrilus
derasofasciatus Lacordaire, 1835.
Goodbye Israel!