BT on the trail of the mythical Pangolin

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Richprins wrote:Don't see you taking many cockroach pics? O**
I don't have any in my house to photograph... but how about these from the Kruger?

Gregarious Spotted Cockroaches (Cartoblatter pulchra)
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Another one that I haven't identified yet.
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Still on the road to N'wanetsi, I got lucky with some birds in flight.

Bateleur.
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Black-Shouldered Kite at the hover.
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And Whitebacked Vulture.
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At Nwanedzi a Rainbow Skink was trying to decide if a caterpillar was edible.
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From the lookout, we watched a Crocodile takes a leisurely swim around the pool.
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Another Rainbow Skink catches some rays.
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A Wasp with its Grasshopper prey was on the path near the bottom of the hill. I only got two pictures of this as a Touron with even less manners than usual, who could not wait for a few seconds, barged past me and scared the wasp away.
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In the toilet I found a Lynx Spider.
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After breakfast we took a detour to the Sweni Hide and found a Golly.
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Some Terrapins sharing a rock.
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A sunbathing Hippo
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A hippo that was looking on....
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As two others were mating.
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A pink hippo, a hairy and scary spider and awesome birds in flight and even a mystery solved, BluTuna X#X

We spotted such sort of Invasion also in Kruder and now I know what they were - Gregarious Spotted Cockroaches (Cartoblatter pulchra) ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^


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"The Attack of the Cockroaches" ;-)

Very funny looking spider, with the eyes on top of the head or are they fake? :-?


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Pumbaa wrote:A pink hippo, a hairy and scary spider and awesome birds in flight and even a mystery solved, BluTuna X#X

We spotted such sort of Invasion also in Kruder and now I know what they were - Gregarious Spotted Cockroaches (Cartoblatter pulchra) ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^
Thanks again for commenting \O

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Lisbeth wrote:"The Attack of the Cockroaches" ;-)

Very funny looking spider, with the eyes on top of the head or are they fake? :-?
Hi Lis! They aren't fake eyes, these spiders can jump and catch prey flying past :shock: :shock:


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Day 11 continued. The afternoon drive.

Not much to see this afternoon but the light was sublime.

Red Crested Khoraan.
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Another Rain Locust.
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At the bridge for our usual afternoon stop.
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Tomorrow we pack up camp for the last time this trip and head to Lower Sabie for our last night in a hut.

It has turned out that it may have been the last time we ever slept in our wonderful - custom made - tent. We took delivery of an off-road trailer on Saturday.


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Beautiful photos of the Saddle-billed Stork O:V

The rain locusts looks very fat :shock: and one can see the hearing organ!


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Beautiful photos ^Q^ ^Q^

In the future you will be roughing it a bit less ;-)


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Toko wrote:Beautiful photos of the Saddle-billed Stork O:V

The rain locusts looks very fat :shock: and one can see the hearing organ!
Thanks Toko!

A nice snack for a LBR!


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