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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We returned a couple of weeks later! :-0

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Full moon, visible in the afternoon!


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And quite a shock, as Dwarf was doing some renovating, as discussed, which had progressed remarkably! :shock:

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A critter outside!

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Next morning...the rubbish from the renovations... 0*\
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But off for A Walk!

The first stretch is often through the bush on a pathway...

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Pretty speckles on the body:

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And a massive midden...who could the culprits be? 0()

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Love the critters and the flower \O

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My comment has gone AWOL :-?

Lovely yellow flowers \O

Is the tree still alive and growing? ;-)

The mass of small pellets... Rabbits, mice, rats -O- There are too many to be antelopes, if not a group of duikers maybe con your pretty girlfriend O** It could also be sheep or goats lol


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the culprit is a Giraffe O**


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