Richprins' Escapades to Marloth

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Richprins wrote: Mon Jul 08, 2024 6:11 pm Don't think so, Dzombs, it is quite big as seen from the grass size?
Some wasps paralyze those big tarantulas drag them down a tunnel and lay their eggs on them -O-


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Ja, a few hundred pages back there is a wasp kill, it just dragged it into a simple hole! :-0


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Forgot still 3 pics left for this trip! :o0ps:


A small dung beetle trying again!

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Action shot!

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And as we left this extremely odd nest tube...maybe a wasp? -O-

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Having a close look on the ground and on the tree trunks, branches and hidden corners, there is always something to discover. I love the dung bills, especially in action lol

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Thanks Richprins,

also love the dung beetle in action \O


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