Kingdom : Assassin bugs, Bugs, Insects

Insect follows Reduviidae family, and Hemiptera order. Size is 9 mm, and is silverin colour. It exists on herbal plants.

Kingdom : Flora, Shrub

Growth form: Shrub. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Native. Local. Also recorded: E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Mainly in NE Qatar, where locally frequent on more compact soils. Well- grown bushes occur at Ras Laffan Industrial City (John Norton) and the species is also found at Al Dhakira, Fuwairit and Simaismah (Mohammed Al Safran). Notes: […]

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual or biennial herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Native. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Frequent on gravel and stone plains, compacted sand sheets and similar habitats. Uses: El Amin mentions that some local people boil it to cure fevers.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Annual herb. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Native. Rare. Also recorded: Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Occasional in northern Qatar. Occurs in the Dukhan area on compacted gypsum soils (John Norton). Uses: Grazed and liked by camels, sheep and other livestock.

Kingdom : Flora, Shrub

Growth form: Shrublet. Flowering. Mar–Apr. Status: Native. Rare. Also recorded: Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia. Habitat & distribution: Recorded in SW Qatar, west of Al Karaanah and Wadi Al Ireig. Recently seen in MeSara Abdul Majideer area (Mohammed Al Safran).

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Perennial herb. Flowering. Mar–May. Status: Native. Common. Also recorded: Bahrain, Kuwait, E Saudi Arabia, UAE. Habitat & distribution: Locally abundant in silty depressions in C Qatar. Uses: Eaten as salad or cooked with rice to add flavour (El Amin, Jongbloed et al.). Used as a purgative in Bahrain (Rizk & El-Ghazaly).

Kingdom : Beetles, Darkling beetles, Insects

Insect follows Tenebrionidae family, and Coleoptera order. Size is between 10-12 mm, and has silver colour.

Kingdom : Flora, Herb

Growth form: Perennial herb. Flowering. Mar–May. Status: Introduced. Rare. Not in other Gulf areas. Habitat & distribution: A weed of irrgated, cultivated areas in N Qatar.