Caladan
Agnostic Pantheist
This thread is inspired by a smartphone application I use called 'Project Noah'. The idea is to post photos of wildlife spotting taken by RF members, and together to identify them and get an impression of the wild life of different regions around the world.
In the application there is also division of categories (for example birds, mammals, reptiles) and also missions (for example snakes of the US). I thought that maybe we can try to run something similar, and perhaps one day we can create separate threads for separate categories, or even go on our own missions.
I'll start with some recent and previous spottings of mine. Some taken during work, others while enjoying the Israeli outdoors. I hope other members can participate with their spotting.
We'll set some simple ground rules to get something out of it. The photos we share had to taken by us, we have to provide the common and scientific names in English, and if we don't know that's cool, the idea is that through our shared experience and knowledge perhaps we can recognize and label our spotting together. And no plants in this thread. You can also include a couple of details about your spotting which you think are relevant.
Common name: Crowned Dwarf Racer
Scientific name: Eirenis coronella
Details: Non poisonous, pleasant tempered.
Common name: Fat-tailed scorpion.
Scientific name: Androctonus crassicauda
Details: Highly venomous, perhaps the most venomous in the world. Found in the Middle East and Africa. Spotted this one while excavating at Arsuf, an ancient crusaders fortress on the Israeli coastal line.
Common name: Cabbage butterfly, caterpillars
Scientific name: Pieris brassicae
Details: Can cause extensive damage to cabbages.
Common name: Harvestman
Scientific name: Phalangium savignyi
Details: Although they belong to the Arachnida class they are not spiders. They are able to detach their legs when are preyed upon, and the legs can still twitch for long moments.
Common name: Nubian ibex
Scientific name: Capra nubiana
Common name: Common cranes
Scientific name: Grus grus
Details: A winter visitor and passage migrant. Migrates in autumn, and in spring. Thousands winter in Israel between November and March. The ones in the photos where photographed in the Hula valley in northern Israel.
In the application there is also division of categories (for example birds, mammals, reptiles) and also missions (for example snakes of the US). I thought that maybe we can try to run something similar, and perhaps one day we can create separate threads for separate categories, or even go on our own missions.
I'll start with some recent and previous spottings of mine. Some taken during work, others while enjoying the Israeli outdoors. I hope other members can participate with their spotting.
We'll set some simple ground rules to get something out of it. The photos we share had to taken by us, we have to provide the common and scientific names in English, and if we don't know that's cool, the idea is that through our shared experience and knowledge perhaps we can recognize and label our spotting together. And no plants in this thread. You can also include a couple of details about your spotting which you think are relevant.
Common name: Crowned Dwarf Racer
Scientific name: Eirenis coronella
Details: Non poisonous, pleasant tempered.
Common name: Fat-tailed scorpion.
Scientific name: Androctonus crassicauda
Details: Highly venomous, perhaps the most venomous in the world. Found in the Middle East and Africa. Spotted this one while excavating at Arsuf, an ancient crusaders fortress on the Israeli coastal line.
Common name: Cabbage butterfly, caterpillars
Scientific name: Pieris brassicae
Details: Can cause extensive damage to cabbages.
Common name: Harvestman
Scientific name: Phalangium savignyi
Details: Although they belong to the Arachnida class they are not spiders. They are able to detach their legs when are preyed upon, and the legs can still twitch for long moments.
Common name: Nubian ibex
Scientific name: Capra nubiana
Common name: Common cranes
Scientific name: Grus grus
Details: A winter visitor and passage migrant. Migrates in autumn, and in spring. Thousands winter in Israel between November and March. The ones in the photos where photographed in the Hula valley in northern Israel.
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if not, please keep in mind the OP 
