As usual while birding we were side hustling the leps and herps. There were a few nice butterflies around and we managed to get the lepiled up a few nights including in desert wadis while we were owling. So far got 61 species roughly identified on I-Nat
HERE including some really nice looking species. All observations
HERE.
Lime Swallowtail
White Pearl Emperor
Yellow Pansy
Blue Pansy
Plain Tiger
Pioneer Whites
Hippotion rebeli
Gregson's Dart
Maltese Bloom
Hyperthyra lutea
Ozarba tamsina
Anderson's Rock Agama
Arabian Chameleon
Jayakar Lizard
Oriental Garden Lizard
Rock Gecko sp- lots of these around. The I-Nat AI has this as Guweira Semaphore Gecko but not validated yet.
Eastern Sand Gecko - I think
Scorpions were common in the desert at night especially in the north. Possibly Black-tipped Thick-tailed Scorpion (above) and possibly Black-tailed Alligator-backed Scorpion (below). They were easy to find using an ultra-violet light as they glow luminiscent yellow .
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