Africa Wild

BluTuna wrote:

BluTuna wrote:Some Dragonflies and Damselflies from the Kruger Park that I've been unable to ID.



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Elattoneura glauca (Common Threadtail) ????

The face pattern do not look like that and I can not find anything that would match

I wonder what a teneral male Ischnura senegalensis would look like and these have also melanic forms

Or a dark female of Pseudagrion kersteni

Have no clue

Super Mongoose wrote:This tiny tiny spider between the bark of a tree, taken in Ndumo, October this year. Body no longer than a few milimeters.

Long-spinnered spiders (Hersiliidae, Hersilia) are commonly found on bark of trees in savanna and forest habitats in the Afrotropical Region.

Hersilia sericea

Life style: wanderers (plant dwellers): free-running on trees
Body size: 5-10 mm

Hersilia sericea occurs in South Africa (Kwazulu/Natal, Eastern Cape, Transvaal), Namibia and Zimbabwe.


Family description here, page 371
http://www.arc.agric.za/arc-ppri/Docume ... IESFLY.pdf

Spiders in Ndumo listed here: https://www.google.de/url?sa=t&rct=j&q= ... 2919,d.Yms

Hey Toko! You are the most dedicated nature lover out there!

You are simply the best!

I never would have found the info, but you just always put your finger on it!

Congrats to this find, Super Mongoose and you managed even a very good Just amazing

How did you spot that tiny thing?

Thanx Toko!

My eyes are always running up and down the trees looking for something, one would think all trees are covered with bugs, but not, bugs are hard to find!

Hope you can use it in the AW spider book!

Just a question please:
I have a tick (well, not me personally , I don't think... ) that I photographed in the KTP. Since they are arachnids I assume I post it in the Spider topic. Is that correct?

Ticks are arachnids, but of the order Ixodida, so we need to start a new book

Wait a minute please, will do

Oh dear, a whole new book for 1 critter.
I hope someone else has ticks too

Ja, new book, because it's not a spider

viewtopic.php?f=247&t=3516#p159911

Ixodid ticks collected from mammals in the South African part of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

Hyalomma marginatum rufipes - Eland
Hyalomma truncatum - Blue wildebeest, eland, gemsbok
Rhipicephalus exophthalmos- Steenbok, gemsbok, scrub hares
Rhipicephalus theileri - Cape ground squirrels




http://www.ojvr.org/index.php/ojvr/arti ... le/150/145