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Re: Bug Watch - Invertebrate images.

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 3:56 pm
by BluTuna
Some more from the Kruger.

A Wolf Spider?
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Mating Sprite Damselflies.
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Another as yet unidentified Spider.
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Red-Veined Dropwing Dragonfly.
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Another unidentified Spider.
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A Sprite Damselfly.
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A Jumping Spider
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Sprite
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A Banded Groundling Dragonfly
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Re: Bug Watch - Invertebrate images.

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 5:04 pm
by Mel
That jumping spider is an impressive capture! :yes:

Re: Bug Watch - Invertebrate images.

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 5:33 pm
by Lisbeth
....and it looks so cute ;-) --00--

Re: Bug Watch - Invertebrate images.

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 11:03 pm
by Toko
I think the first unidentified spider is also very cute 0/0

But I like also the damsels and the darter ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

Re: Bug Watch - Invertebrate images.

Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 1:43 pm
by BluTuna
The last ones from my September 2014 Kruger trip.

A Paper Wasp, probably Polistes Sp.
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A Cuckoo Wasp.
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Red Spittle Bug Locris sp possibly Locris areata.
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Re: Bug Watch - Invertebrate images.

Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 3:56 pm
by Jackyhalas
Nice colors

Re: Bug Watch - Invertebrate images.

Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 1:14 pm
by Mel
Toks IDed this ^Q^ as

Carcass beetle / Omorgus asperulatus

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Re: Bug Watch - Invertebrate images.

Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 1:26 pm
by Toko
O/\ O/\ O/\

Adults and larvae of all trogid beetles feed mostly on various sources of keratin and in the Kalahari they invade old carcasses and may stay there up to two years :shock:

Where have you found it, Mel?

Re: Bug Watch - Invertebrate images.

Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 1:40 pm
by Mel
At Grootkolk \O

Re: Bug Watch - Invertebrate images.

Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 2:32 pm
by BluTuna
A few more images from my Kruger trip last November. All taken at Maroela Camp.

Wavy Owl Moth.
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Don't know this one.
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Phiala Monkey Moth
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Don't know this one either
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