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Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and other Insects of Israel (by Rittner Oz)   


                                 Visits since October 2003

  

Welcome,
      This site is a field guide to Israel's Insects and Invertebrates. The main focus is on Butterflies (Lepidoptera) and Beetles (Coleoptera). In addition there are some world species pages for Saturniids,Cetoniids ect.  

 This site is being updtaed weekly , so you are more than welcome to check it out every once in a while.

I hope you'll enjoy this site as much as I enjoy gathering the material for it.

You can contact me at: israelbutterflies@gmail.com

All the pictures in this web-site are for sale for publishing or any other purposes and are right protected, any use of them require permision or else forbidden.  High resolution pictures are also available  for sale or by special request. 

Please visit my website about the insects of Argentina:

              

Please visit this new, important and up-to-date website about the Glaphyridae and Scarabs of the Levant (by Guido Sabatinelli):

                  

List of people who contribute to the site in one one way or another, Thank you all:

Institutes:

Tel-Aviv University: Leonid Laibale Friedman, Alex Shlagman, Amnon Friedberg & Vladimir Chikatunov.

Plant Protection & Inspection Services of Israel (PPIS): Alexandra.G

Collegues, helpers and friends:

Guido Sabatinelli (Italy-Jordan) - Scarabaeoidea - Special thanks for endless guidence

Marco Uliana (Italy) - Cetoniinae, Glaphyridae

Pierre Tauzin (France) - Cetoniinae 

Gianfranco Sama (Italy) - Cerambycidae

Eylon Orbach (Israel) - Brentidae, Cerambycidae

Avihai Benyamini (Israel) - Inveryebrates rearing

Mark Volkovich (Russia) - Buprestidae IDs (Laboratory of Insect Systematics, Zoological Institute RAS,Universitetskaya nab, St.Petersburg)

Klaas-Douwe B. Dijkstra (Netherlands) - Odonata IDs (National Museum of Natural History).

Andreas Hermann (Germany) - Dermestidae IDs.

My father and my wife - Patience, friendship and help in the field and indoor.

                                                               





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