Africa Wild

Love that blue shimmer on the owl

Toko wrote:

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

Where have you found it, Mel?

Just an aside, the carcass beetles are also very common (in my experience) at Kieliekrankie. They are attracted to the lights at night and form "stacks" as they line up on one another's backs.

Do you have one to show us?

You know me , if it moves I snap its picture


KTP-Kieliekrankie
Omorgus asperulatus

Well captured, ExFmem, I love these coppery shine

More snaps please

wow... some nice pictures and species

Some pictures that I believe is the same wasp as BluTuna posted here viewtopic.php?p=245617#p245207
Taken in Singida Region of Tanzania, just north of Singida Town, January 21 2016 in a sack garden



the yellow bug in the spiderweb to the right appeared to be their main prey, they were always bringing them to the holes, except sometimes they seemed to be a bit cumbersome to carry for example, this one got dropped in a spiderweb and the wasp couldn't get it back out.
iNaturalist observation http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3038116

Interesting pics, Tadrisa and welcome to AW

Welcome Tadrisa! Interesting pics.