A Wolf Spider?
Mating Sprite Damselflies.
Another as yet unidentified Spider.
Red-Veined Dropwing Dragonfly.
Another unidentified Spider.
A Sprite Damselfly.
A Jumping Spider
Sprite
A Banded Groundling Dragonfly
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Some more from the Kruger.
A Wolf Spider?
Mating Sprite Damselflies.
Another as yet unidentified Spider.
Red-Veined Dropwing Dragonfly.
Another unidentified Spider.
A Sprite Damselfly.
A Jumping Spider
Sprite
A Banded Groundling Dragonfly
A Wolf Spider?
Mating Sprite Damselflies.
Another as yet unidentified Spider.
Red-Veined Dropwing Dragonfly.
Another unidentified Spider.
A Sprite Damselfly.
A Jumping Spider
Sprite
A Banded Groundling Dragonfly
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That jumping spider is an impressive capture! 
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....and it looks so cute 
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I think the first unidentified spider is also very cute 
But I like also the damsels and the darter
But I like also the damsels and the darter
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The last ones from my September 2014 Kruger trip.
A Paper Wasp, probably Polistes Sp.
A Cuckoo Wasp.
Red Spittle Bug Locris sp possibly Locris areata.
A Paper Wasp, probably Polistes Sp.
A Cuckoo Wasp.
Red Spittle Bug Locris sp possibly Locris areata.
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Toks IDed this as
Carcass beetle / Omorgus asperulatus
as Carcass beetle / Omorgus asperulatus
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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
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At Grootkolk 
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A few more images from my Kruger trip last November. All taken at Maroela Camp.
Wavy Owl Moth.
Don't know this one.
Phiala Monkey Moth
Don't know this one either
Wavy Owl Moth.
Don't know this one.
Phiala Monkey Moth
Don't know this one either
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