Photos of UAE insects
Canary Carpenter Bee Xylocopa aestuans
Carpenter Bee, un-identified species
Campsomeriella thoracica (Scoliid wasp)
Oriental Wasp Vespa orientalis
Polistes wattii
Wasp sp. (yellow) 2
Digger Wasp sp.
Asian Dwarf Honey Bee Apis florea
Megachile Leaf-cutter bee
Sphingonotus rubescens
Podalonia tydei
Un-identified bees and wasps
Cockroaches
Spilostethus pandurus
Arabian Cicada Platypleuca arabica
Giant Longhorn Beetle Anthracocentrus arabicus
Derolus iranenss arabicus
Elegant Rhinoceros Beetle Oryctes elegans
Tiger Beetle Lophyra histrio
Sulphurous Jewel Beetle Julodis euphratica (fimbriata?)
Jewel Beetle Julodis candida
Weevil Ammocleonus aschabadensis
Red Palm Weevil Rhynchophorous ferrugineus
Dung Beetle Scarabaeus bannuensis
Pitted Beetle Adesmia cancellata clathrata
Apentanodes arabicus
Darkling Beetles
Tenebrionidae
Un-identified beetles
Paratomoxioda harteni
Common Ground Mantis Eremiaphila baueri
Striped Mantis Blepharopsis mendica
Un-identified Mantis
Mole Cricket Gryllotalpa sp.
Un-identified Grasshoppers
Un-identified crickets
Waterscorpion, Nepidae
Beefly Bombyllidae
Green Lacewing
Brown Lacewing
Owl flies
Antlions
Robber flies
Mayflies
Un-identified flies
Desert Runner Ant
Cataglyphis niger
Ant sp. - black, large
Ant sp. - black, small
Ant sp. - black, very small
Ant sp. Cataglyphis sp. - red, medium
Ant sp. Cataglyphis sp. - red, small
Un-identified ants
Tawny Earwig, Labidura riparia
Webspinner, Parembia persica
Un-identified insects
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Non-insects:
African Slug Laevicaulis alte
Isopods
Isopod, Tylos maindroni
Ticks
See also http://www.pbase.com/wildlifeuae/insecta