The Namib Desert is one of the oldest deserts on Earth stretching along the Atlantic Ocean coast of south-westernmost Angola and Namibia for a total of 1,500 km. Earlier hypotheses proposed that the Namib is up to 80 Million years old, but modern, more robust estimates postulate an age of 34 Million years with hyperarid conditions prevailing for at least the past 22 Million years (Lovegrove 2021). Nevertheless, the animal and plant life is unqiue in many respects with a high insect diversity and endemism. The Gobabeb Namib Research Institute (23°33’41’’S 015°02’28’’E) is a research facility dedicated to the study of this desert and is located in the central Namib in the Namib-Naukluft National Park. It is uniquely situated between the ephemeral Kuiseb River, a linear oasis, the Namib Sand Sea, with towering shifting dunes, and the desert gravel plains.