![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1204/jpeg/09t.jpg) Mosque and a supermarket near Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, May 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1043/jpeg/21t.jpg) Cat sleeping under a car at morning in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, April 14, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1041/jpeg/07t.jpg) Honey bee on a flower of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) growing from a wall of Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, April 11, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1041/jpeg/16t.jpg) Inflorescence of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera, local name ashkhar) taken from a plant growing from a wall of Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, April 11, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1041/jpeg/08t.jpg) Bee on opening flower of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera, local name ashkhar) growing from a wall of Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, April 11, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1041/jpeg/12t.jpg) Pentamerous flowers of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera, local name ashkhar) growing from a wall of Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, April 11, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1041/jpeg/14t.jpg) Front lit flowers of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera, local name ashkhar) taken from a plant growing from a wall of Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, April 11, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1041/jpeg/17t.jpg) Flowers (without leaves) of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera, local name ashkhar) taken from a plant growing from a wall of Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, April 11, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1041/jpeg/10t.jpg) Dense multiflowered inflorescence of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera, local name ashkhar) growing from a wall of Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, April 11, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1041/jpeg/13t.jpg) Side lit flowers of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera, local name ashkhar) taken from a plant growing from a wall of Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, April 11, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1033/jpeg/25t.jpg) South entrance gate of Dar Al Salam Compound in Abu Hamour area, under construction. Doha, Qatar, March 21, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1043/jpeg/23t.jpg) Seeds of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) with attached coma (tuft of fluff) taken from a plant growing from a wall of Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, April 14, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1041/jpeg/15t.jpg) Close up of a flower of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera, local name ashkhar), with 5-lobed calyx, taken from a plant growing from a wall of Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, April 11, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1043/jpeg/24t.jpg) Aphids sucking toxic latex of green seed pod of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) taken from a plant growing from a wall of Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, April 14, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1043/jpeg/22t.jpg) Dehisced seedpod (follicle) releasing seeds (silky white pappus) of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) growing from a wall of Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, April 14, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1041/jpeg/11t.jpg) Blooming branch with fruits (fleshy, inflated, subglobose follicle) of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera, local name ashkhar) growing from a wall of Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, April 11, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1041/jpeg/09t.jpg) Dense multiflowered inflorescence (umbellate cyme arising from the nodes and appearing axillary or terminal) of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera, local name ashkhar) growing from a wall of Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, April 11, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1037/jpeg/17t.jpg) Souq Waqif Mosque, with approaching dust storm. Doha, Qatar, March 30, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1202/jpeg/14t.jpg) Tabby cat in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, May 2, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1202/jpeg/13t.jpg) Southern entrance of Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, May 1, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1161/jpeg/16t.jpg) Stray cat in Dar al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, February 28, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1203/jpeg/21t.jpg) Brown cat with infected ear in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, May 5, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1161/jpeg/18t.jpg) Tabby cat in Dar al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, February 28, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1172/jpeg/15t.jpg) Brown arabian mau cat in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 15, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1161/jpeg/17t.jpg) Stray cat near a dumpster in Dar al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, February 28, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1207/jpeg/18t.jpg) View from a balcony of Apartment 7B5 in Dar Al Salam Compound in Abu Hamour area at morning. Doha, Qatar, May 18, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1202/jpeg/20t.jpg) Heavy rain from a balcony of Apartment 7B5 of Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, May 4, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1172/jpeg/16t.jpg) Brown arabian mau cat sitting in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 15, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1207/jpeg/19t.jpg) Thinking brown cat sitting in Dar Al Salam Compound in Abu Hamour area at morning. Doha, Qatar, May 21, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1042/jpeg/07t.jpg) Workers sitting during dust storm near Camel Market, Wholesale Markets area. Doha, Qatar, April 12, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1169/jpeg/12t.jpg) Camel like arabian mau cats under a dumpster in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 12, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1175/jpeg/04t.jpg) Tabby stray cat sitting near a dumpster in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 18, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1169/jpeg/11t.jpg) Brown arabian mau cats under a dumpster in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 12, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1165/jpeg/14t.jpg) Fly on Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 5, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1204/jpeg/10t.jpg) DHuraymah desert plant (Fagonia bruguieri) found near near Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, May 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1165/jpeg/17t.jpg) Inflorescence of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 5, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1204/jpeg/12t.jpg) Bush of wild cotton (Gossypium herbaceum) found near Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, May 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1170/jpeg/10t.jpg) Honey bee on Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1170/jpeg/08t.jpg) Flowers of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1170/jpeg/06t.jpg) Ladybug on Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 13, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1204/jpeg/11t.jpg) Salt tolerant plant Salsola imbricata found near near Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, May 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1192/jpeg/16t.jpg) DHuraymah desert plant (Fagonia bruguieri) found near Dar Al Salam Compound in Abu Hamour. Doha, Qatar, April 13, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1170/jpeg/14t.jpg) Close up of flowers of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1165/jpeg/15t.jpg) Bee flying from a flower of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 5, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1170/jpeg/12t.jpg) Opening flowers of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1170/jpeg/11t.jpg) Honey bee on a flower of on Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1170/jpeg/17t.jpg) Flowers of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) with a hovering bee in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1204/jpeg/13t.jpg) Yellow flower of wild cotton (Gossypium herbaceum) found near Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, May 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1170/jpeg/05t.jpg) Hoverfly (Syrphidae) on Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 13, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1165/jpeg/16t.jpg) Cluster of flowers of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 5, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1170/jpeg/18t.jpg) Flower of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) with a sitting bee in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1204/jpeg/15t.jpg) Flower of Madras thorn acacia (Pithecellobium dulce) found near Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, May 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1204/jpeg/16t.jpg) Fruit (seed pod) of wild cotton (Gossypium herbaceum) found near Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, May 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1165/jpeg/12t.jpg) Ladybug on a leaf of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 5, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1204/jpeg/14t.jpg) Seed pod of Madras thorn acacia (Pithecellobium dulce) found near Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, May 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1165/jpeg/13t.jpg) Aphids on flower buds of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 5, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1170/jpeg/09t.jpg) Ladybug eating aphids on Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1170/jpeg/13t.jpg) Honey bee on a pistil of a flower of on Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1192/jpeg/15t.jpg) A flower and fruits of DHuraymah desert plant (Fagonia bruguieri) found near Dar Al Salam Compound in Abu Hamour. Doha, Qatar, April 13, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1180/jpeg/25t.jpg) Two ladybugs on a leaf of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) near stone fence of Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 26, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1180/jpeg/26t.jpg) Honey bee on a flower of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) near stone fence of Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 26, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1204/jpeg/17t.jpg) Back lit dehisced seed pod taken from Madras thorn acacia (Pithecellobium dulce) found near Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, May 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1207/jpeg/17t.jpg) Dorsal view of red palm weevil snout beetle (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) found near Dar Al Salam Compound in Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, May 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1169/jpeg/09t.jpg) Dandelion like flower of Launaea nudicaulis (native name huwa ghazal) on a lawn near Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1204/jpeg/18t.jpg) Spiral shaped red seed pod taken from Madras thorn acacia (Pithecellobium dulce) found near Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, May 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1169/jpeg/10t.jpg) Dandelion like flower of a desert plant huwa ghazal (Launaea nudicaulis) near Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1170/jpeg/15t.jpg) Close up of honey bee on a pistil of a flower of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1204/jpeg/19t.jpg) Green, reddish seed pod taken from Madras thorn acacia (Pithecellobium dulce) found near Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, May 10, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1225/jpeg/02t.jpg) Cat on a lawn in Dar Al Salam Compound in Abu Hamour. Doha, Qatar, June 27, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1180/jpeg/24t.jpg) Ladybug with half dead aphids on Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) near stone fence of Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 26, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1225/jpeg/01t.jpg) Cat sitting on a lawn in Dar Al Salam Compound in Abu Hamour. Doha, Qatar, June 27, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1218/jpeg/01t.jpg) Tiny cute fly (drain fly, mothfly, Clogmia albipunctata) living on shower tiles in a bathroom of apartment 7B5 of Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, June 8, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1219/jpeg/17t.jpg) Inner courtyard, view from a kitchen of apartment 7B5 of Dar Al Salam Compound in Abu Hamour. Doha, Qatar, June 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1180/jpeg/28t.jpg) Dehisced seedpod (follicle) releasing seeds (silky white pappus) of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) near stone fence of Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 26, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1225/jpeg/03t.jpg) Flowers of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) between Dar Al Salam Compound and Haloul Street in Abu Hamour. Doha, Qatar, June 27, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1170/jpeg/03t.jpg) Oleander aphid (milkweed aphid, Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe) on seed pods of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 13, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1225/jpeg/05t.jpg) Flower buds of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) between Dar Al Salam Compound and Haloul Street in Abu Hamour. Doha, Qatar, June 27, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1225/jpeg/07t.jpg) Flowers and fruits of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) between Dar Al Salam Compound and Haloul Street in Abu Hamour. Doha, Qatar, June 27, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1225/jpeg/04t.jpg) Close up of flowers of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) between Dar Al Salam Compound and Haloul Street in Abu Hamour. Doha, Qatar, June 27, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1170/jpeg/04t.jpg) Oleander aphid (milkweed aphid, Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe) feeding on seed pods of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 13, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1225/jpeg/06t.jpg) Milkweed bugs on flowers of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) between Dar Al Salam Compound and Haloul Street in Abu Hamour. Doha, Qatar, June 27, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1170/jpeg/02t.jpg) Oleander aphids (milkweed aphid, Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe) killed by parasitic wasps Aphidius colemani on seed pods of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 13, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1180/jpeg/27t.jpg) Oleander aphid (milkweed aphid, Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe) feeding on seed pods of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) near stone fence of Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 26, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1225/jpeg/09t.jpg) Blue carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea) on flowers of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) between Dar Al Salam Compound and Haloul Street in Abu Hamour. Doha, Qatar, June 27, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1014/jpeg/01t.jpg) View from a balcony of Apartment 7A5 of Dar Al Salam Compound. Doha, Qatar, February 13, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1225/jpeg/08t.jpg) Hovering violet carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea) near flowers of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) between Dar Al Salam Compound and Haloul Street in Abu Hamour. Doha, Qatar, June 27, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1170/jpeg/16t.jpg) Oleander aphid (milkweed aphid, Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe) and its mummies killed by parasitic wasps Aphidius colemani on seed pods of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1207/jpeg/16t.jpg) Red palm weevil snout beetle Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Asian palm weevil or sago palm weevil) found near Dar Al Salam Compound in Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, May 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1170/jpeg/07t.jpg) Oleander aphid (milkweed aphid, Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe) and its swollen mummy killed by parasitic wasps Aphidius colemani on seed pods of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) in Dar Al Salam Compound, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1571/jpeg/07t.jpg) Al Gassar in West Bay during dust storm. Doha, Qatar, April 2, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1022/jpeg/17t.jpg) Flowers of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) growing near entrance of Dar Al Salam Compound. Doha, Qatar, February 25, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1571/jpeg/08t.jpg) Al Gassar in West Bay during dust storm at morning. Doha, Qatar, April 2, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1571/jpeg/02t.jpg) Al Huda Engineering Works Tower in West Bay during dust storm. Doha, Qatar, April 2, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1571/jpeg/05t.jpg) Towers No. 1 and 3 of Ezdan Hotel and Suites in West Bay during dust storm. Doha, Qatar, April 2, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1571/jpeg/14t.jpg) Al Gassar Tower in West Bay in orange light from a dust storm. Doha, Qatar, April 2, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1571/jpeg/01t.jpg) Tower No. 3 of Ezdan Hotel and Suites in West Bay during dust storm. Doha, Qatar, April 2, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1207/jpeg/23t.jpg) Sheep driven dust storm in Livestock Market, Wholesale Markets area. Doha, Qatar, May 21, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1571/jpeg/03t.jpg) Entrance of Al Huda Engineering Works Tower in West Bay during dust storm. Doha, Qatar, April 2, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1571/jpeg/06t.jpg) Towers No. 1 and 3 of Ezdan Hotel and Suites in West Bay during dust storm at morning. Doha, Qatar, April 2, 2015
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