Bees

Yes, yes, I know I posted a pic of a bee last week, but over the weekend we visited friends of ours for a birthday party and I couldn't help noticing the bees on the Strelitzia flowers outside. So as my colleague PP said the other day. "He probably saw a goggatjie (little bug) somewhere … Continue reading Bees →

Maya the Bee

So this may not be Maya the Bee (remember her?) or Bee Movie, but it is a honey bee on a protea. Not much more that I can say than that.

Snail

I was looking for nice angles for the flowers I posted yesterday when I found this snail on a leave. Oh well, have camera, will shoot.

Rain spider

Regular visitors my remember that I did a post a couple of weeks ago about a Rain Spider's Nest. This last weekend on our camping trip the people on the site next to us found a rain spider in their caravan and the man caught it and brought it out to release it in to … Continue reading Rain spider →

Pyrgomorphid Grasshopper

I can for the life of me not remember what the ranger said this grasshopper's common name is, but I will put it in when I remember of find out. The Pyrgomorphid Grasshopper (Family Pyrgomorphidae) is a grasshopper in all the sense of the word as they can fly. Their wings are under developed and … Continue reading Pyrgomorphid Grasshopper →

Kite Spider and web

Ok, so this isn't a conventional Skywatch photo, but I love the way the sun shines through this spiders web we found on our visit to Addo Elephant Back Safaris. Sun = sky thus Skywatch. Getting a bit closer we found that the web belongs to a Kite Spider (Genus Gasteracantha). So Kite = Sky … Continue reading Kite Spider and web →

Black-legged Golden Orb-web Spider

We got to see quite a few smaller things while on the nature walk at Addo Elephant Back Safaris. At one stage we were walking next to the boundary fence and stopped while the ranger was telling us about some plant. I looked around and noticed a pretty big spider sitting on a strand of … Continue reading Black-legged Golden Orb-web Spider →

The little things

The little things always catches my eye just as much as the big things do. Actually, sometimes I search so hard for the little things that I miss the big ones. While we were watching the elephants drink, I was crouching down in the vegetation next to the waterhole to get a nice angle for … Continue reading The little things →

Dragonflies

For the random theme today I am covering Dragonflies. I find them to be amazing insects and just love to sit and watch them zoom around and skimming the water at breakneck speeds. If you look at them up close you can see why they were called dragonflies. Imagine seeing a giant dragonfly coming towards … Continue reading Dragonflies →

Shongololo millipede

There are various types of millipedes, but one I always like to find somewhere is the Shongololo millipede. These guys aren't little worms and can grow up to 20cm long. Around here they are a glossy black, but I see in my nature book that you also find some with alternating yellow and black bands. … Continue reading Shongololo millipede →