Kuwait announced full lock-down for 3-weeks, starting on 10 May 2020, with only 2-hours/day (4pm - 6pm) for exercise within the suburb where you lived. In order to avoid any onset of cabin fever, I set myself a goal to walk 10,000 steps a day for the 3-weeks of lock-down.
In the first week, I carried my camera and 100mm macro, so that I could look for and record any invertebrates that I encountered and this added an enjoyable element to the daily walks.
In one of the small gardens in Fnaitees, I discovered these large and distinctive Ants that remain unidentified for now
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| Ant sp. |
Fortunately, I live close the the beach and that was considered part of where I live, so was able to add a little more diversity on the daily walks. Butterflies were easy to find and were mostly the Blues family - here a selection of Asian Grass Blues
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| Female Asian Grass Blue (Zizeeria karsandra) |
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| Male Asian Grass Blue (Zizeeria karsandra) |
Mediterranean Pierrot's
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| Mediterranean Pierrot (Tarucus rosaceus) |
Pea Blue
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| Pea or Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus) |
and the diminutive Western Pygmy Blue
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| Western Pygmy Blue (Brephidium exilis) |
Not many Moth's, other than The Vestal were seen
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| The Vestal (Rhodometra sacraria) |
Pitted Beetles are pretty abundant in habitat between houses
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| Pitted Beetle (Adesmia cancellata) |
This large Beetle was distinctive in itself
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| Akis subtricostata |
Whilst the Harlequin Ground Bugs are relatively colourful
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| Harlequin Ground Bug (Lygaeus equestris linnaeus) |
I did find a few Grasshopper species that still require identification
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| Grasshopper sp. |
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| Grasshopper sp. |
As well as one unidentified Dragonfly
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| Dragonfly sp. |
Not sure whose tightly knit web this is?
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| Unidentified Web |
Birds are tough with a macro lens, but I confirmed that there are at least 2-pairs of Red-vented Bulbul's in Abu Hassania
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| Red--vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) |
And I also saw one Golden-backed Weaver
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| Golden-backed Weaver (Ploceus jacksoni) |
As well as an escaped pair of Senegal Parrot's (or possibly they were released by a pet shop when the lock-down was announced?)
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| Senegal Parrot (Poicephalus senegalus) |
In one area, Giant Milkweed's were flowering, but the flowers didn't attract much
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| Giant Milkweed (Calotropis procera) |
I had a good first week, covering 45km in total
Abu Hassania beach at sunset
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| Abu Hassania Beach |
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