Another Short Long Weekend - September 2014

[pooky]

Just caught up BT

Love the macro pics of the bugs

Great rhino shots

Some super sightings. Love the long whiskers on the leopard

[BluTuna]

Brilliant photos again B.T.

The rhino pics are very special and the impala are just so beautiful.

Thanks STF!

[BluTuna]

Ok, you have finally managed to combine a spider with a whip-scorpion...the most revolting of all creatures great and small!

Interesting that hyena kill, maybe a duiker? Many people think they don't hunt and just scavenge, but the jury is out regarding whether they or lion are the apex predators in Kruger...

What exactly do you get to eat for R75, you miser?

A local nice burger and chips costs over R50 here, and that's obviously without transport costs etc...

Spiders, Scorpions and Whip Scorpions are all Arachnids, Whip Scorpions are also known as Whip Spiders, fascinating creatures, boon ugly but not revolting!

I thought the kill was probably a Bushbuck judging by the colour of the one leg that I did get in a picture. The debate concerning Lions vs Hyaenas is an interesting one - I have seen some studies that report Hyaenas kill more of their prey than Lions do!

Less than you used to get for R42. If the previous proprietors could (presumably) make a profit at R42, why the massive increase in price? Smells like profiteering to me!

[BluTuna]

Just caught up BT

Love the macro pics of the bugs

Great rhino shots

Some super sightings. Love the long whiskers on the leopard

Hi Pooky, thanks for the comment

[BluTuna]

Back at Ngwenya for the middle of the day and I was out and about again. This time I found a Water Monitor having a swim.



A fisherman dropped his catch and the Monitor was on it in a flash!





Some Gyppos were present


Making lots of noise and making more Gyppos.


Red-Veined Dropwing Dragonfly.



Another unidentified Spider.


A Cherry-Eyed Sprite Damselfly (?).


Greenbacked Heron.


A Jumping Spider



A Rainbow Skink.


An Acacia Sprite Damselfly.



A Banded Groundling Dragonfly

[Lisbeth]

How did I miss out on this one?

As usual very interesting insects I love the giraffe portraits, the monitor with a catch etc.

[Pumbaa]

As always I am a big fan of your smaller critters, BluTuna

That jumping spider and the dragonfly are stunning and then hyaena, impies and rhinos - What a fantastic trip

[Toko]

Excellent portrait of the monitor

The Sprites are also great and the red ones are not even an ID problem - just great

The black spider has very spiny legs

[Richprins]

Not a very lucky day for that tilapia!



I like jumping spiders...they are not as grotesque, and are good with pest control!

I wonder if someone doesn't just make up the dragonfly names as they go along...

Ja...profiteering indeed at the restaurants...it is going to backfire on them one day...

[nan]

nice to see a Monitor eating a fish

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