Tag: Insect
Bee, social
Date spotted: January 2012
Place first seen: Morongulo, Mozambique
Tag: Insect
We went off on a mission to find some new animals for our field guide – it was surprisingly easy. Thank you insects!
Shongololo, Africanus Majesticus
Date spotted: January 2012
Place first seen: Kruger National Park, South Africa
Tag: Insect
Millipedes. Curl up when you touch them. They squirt poo on you at the beginning when you handle them. Some say the poo is poisonous.
Beetle, Blister
Date spotted: January 2012
Place first seen: Kruger National Park, South Africa
Tag: Insect
Quite beautifully camouflaged on a rainy leaf.
Butterfly, yellow pansy
Date spotted: February 2012
Place first seen: Great Zimbabwe Ruins, Zimbabwe
Tag: Insect
Bee, Carpenter
Date spotted: January 2012
Place first seen: Abbotsleigh Rd. swimming pool, Cape Town, South Africa
Tag: Insect
Rescued from grandparents’ swimming pool
Beetle, Dung
Date spotted: January 2012
Place first seen: Kruger National Park, South Africa
Tag: Insect
Dung Beetles lay their eggs in dung. They roll the dung along the ground. They then bury the dung ball. When the larvae hatch, they eat the dung as nutrition for a few weeks.
Ground Beetle
Date spotted: 12 January 2012
Place first seen: Nieu Bethesda, Karoo, Cape, South Africa
Tag: Insect
Quick as a wink, but slower than a flying Tupperware.
