Hello all,
I wanted to share some pics of a house guest we had a while back. She was beautiful and much loved by all, especially a certain little boy who thought her the coolest thing ever. We used to pass her by on the way to and from the braai, and she became a much loved and talked about fixture on our stoep, where she made her home for the better part of about 4 months.
Sadly, the inevitable day arrived when she was just no longer there. We looked all around, waited, watched. But sadly she had just vanished, and has never been seen since.
I do wonder what became of her - we have a pair of Mocking Chats who are very active on our stoep, there is also a Gymnogene living close by - although I have to say I think I would sacrifice even our lost darling to see him as close as that... -O
Anyway, I digress, I doubt it was the Gymnogene.
Perhaps she just left, decided the pickings were rather meager and moved on to greener pastures. Sadly missed by us all.
Whatever happened to her, I wanted to share the tale and the pics. This is why I love living in the Lowveld, who else has (and more to the point wants) a Red-legged Golden Orb Web Spider as a tenant, albeit an outside one?
And, some pics of other resident beasties.
Another favourite of the kid, you can see why!
Weevils always remind of little old men wearing swimming caps -O
Not sure, but I think it's a Hawk Moth?
Last but not least, Bees, wonderful, endangered furry fellows.
That's all for now folks!
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Insects and creepy crawlies are such amazing subjects....great shots on this thread everybody....:)
A Foam Grasshopper( Rooibaadjie) photographed in Namaqualand NP.
A Foam Grasshopper( Rooibaadjie) photographed in Namaqualand NP.
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I've had a great time in my garden over the past few days. Here are some of the creepies I've managed to photograph.
Mating Pond Skimmers
A Paper wasp (Polistes fastidioutus I think)
A Banded Blowfly
A Midge of some sort (interestingly, the Insects book had a picture of this but no name for it!)
Orange Plume Moth
A Geranium Bronze Butterfly
Amegilla caelestina, one of the Long Tongued Bees - Really difficult to photograph in the air as they fly in rapid zig-zags
A Black & whilte Carpenter Bee - these are usually yellow & white as below
A Female Carpenter Bee
And a male Carpenter Bee
Mating Pond Skimmers
A Paper wasp (Polistes fastidioutus I think)
A Banded Blowfly
A Midge of some sort (interestingly, the Insects book had a picture of this but no name for it!)
Orange Plume Moth
A Geranium Bronze Butterfly
Amegilla caelestina, one of the Long Tongued Bees - Really difficult to photograph in the air as they fly in rapid zig-zags
A Black & whilte Carpenter Bee - these are usually yellow & white as below
A Female Carpenter Bee
And a male Carpenter Bee
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Great macro shots BT.
Dewi
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What is the good of having a nice house without a decent planet to put it on? (H D Thoreau)
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Awesome great images BT!!
Sometimes it’s not until you don’t see what you want to see, that you truly open your eyes.
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I took this one while we had no power again yesterday...
Sometimes it’s not until you don’t see what you want to see, that you truly open your eyes.