Insects of the Desert

Insects of the Desert is an activity in Menaphos that can be started by talking to Assistant Librarian Subotai in the Merchant district. For finding all insects listed in the Menaphos journal the player is awarded the Bug Whisperer Teleport animation.

Insect		Location	Hint	Description
	Menaphite honey bee in amber	Found while mining in the Worker district or VIP area.	Among the rocks, old treasure can be found.	Amusingly, it looks like it's stuck in a blob of honey.
	Pygmy giant scarab in amber	Found while mining in the Worker district or VIP area.	Leave no sandstone unturned.	Holding it up to the light, it looks like it is in a small shadow play.
	Clicker kalphite in amber	Found while fishing in the Port district or VIP area.	Subotai said a sample had been kept safe by a sympathetic sailor, unfortunately, he drowned at sea.	Hold it close to your ear, and you can almost hear the sandstorms.
	Desert locust in amber	Found while fishing in the Port district or VIP area.	Lost beneath the waves.	Let's see it eat its way out of there.
	Kalphite wanderer in amber	Found while pickpocketing the Gullible tourist or Menaphite Marketeers.	Menaphite merchants prize these preserved insects as a symbol of luck	These preserved remains suggest that kalphites have existed in the desert for a very long time.
	Hornless unicornfly in amber	Found while pickpocketing the Gullible tourist or Menaphite Marketeers.	Used as jewellery by the wealthy.	Does this suggest that long ago hornless unicorns might have existed? Who knows.
	Fly dragon in amber	Found whilst stealing from the lamp stall in the Merchant district.	The lamp seller sometimes has amber on display.	Caught forever in an astonished pose.
	Fruit fly in amber	Found whilst burning Acadia logs.	The acadia tree is known to attract fruit flies.	The amber magnifies the appearance of the fly, making it look quite intimidating.
	Menaphite honey bee	Found whilst burning Acadia logs.	Acadia trees have sometimes been known to form amber.	These industrious insects do much of the work pollinating the few green areas of the Kharidian desert
	Pygmy giant scarab	Found whilst hunting Plover birds.	These scarabs seem to gather on the surface, rather than living in the tombs below Sophanem.	Or is it a giant pygmy scarab?
	Clicker kalphite	Found whilst hunting Plover birds.	Plover birds love eating these.
	Desert locust	Found while woodcutting in the VIP area.	They are a blight on the few trees found in the desert.	They are rumoured to devour anything left out in the desert sun.
	Kalphite wanderer	Found while woodcutting in the VIP area.	They make their homes burrowing underneath the roots of trees.	Outside of hive structure, these types of kalphite have regressed to minute sizes.
	Hornless unicornfly	Found while woodcutting in the VIP area. (Can be obtained using crystalise.)	Found fairly rarely, but sometimes they infest lone acadia trees.	Unlike a regular unicornfly, this type is not attracted to rainbows.
	Fly dragon	Found while harvesting Luminous memories.	Hardly anyone alive remembers that these exist.
	Fruit fly	Found while harvesting Luminous memories.	These insects reside in the memories of the desert.	Much tastier than a vegetable fly.