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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 6:07 pm
by Richprins
Ok! Really tiny!
Is it a baby then?
Klippies!
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 6:19 pm
by Klipspringer
Richprins wrote: ↑Tue Jul 07, 2020 6:07 pm
Ok! Really tiny!
Is it a baby then?
They are tiny: females beween 3,7 and 7,3 mm, males between 3,6 and 5,8 mm.
To tell if it is female, we would need a lateral view to see the hump on the end of the abdomen.
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 6:26 pm
by Richprins
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2020 7:24 pm
by ExFmem
Good job RP! I like your new hobby
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 10:24 am
by Richprins
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 6:35 pm
by Richprins
In Nelspruit this morning....obviously impossible to get a proper pic of a hawk moth in flight!
About 4cm
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 6:46 pm
by Klipspringer
Richprins wrote: ↑Fri Jul 10, 2020 6:35 pm
In Nelspruit this morning....obviously impossible to get a proper pic of a hawk moth in flight!
About 4cm
Still very easy to identify
Macroglossum trochilus African hummingbird hawk-moth.
It hovers while sipping nectar from tubular flowers, common garden visitor
It gererates lift by moving its wings in a figure eight pattern.
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 7:00 pm
by Richprins
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2020 5:42 pm
by Richprins
Big butterfly - 6cm:
Nelspruit
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2020 6:06 pm
by Lisbeth
Pretty flowers and a very nice
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