Backyard wildlife

[Toko]

Lovely photos, BluTuna

The pale grey butterfly is an African Grass Blue Zizeeria knysna

Like the little gecko supercute

[BluTuna]

I have the same Ants and Aphid... Ants use milk of this little green bugs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphid

please try to put less pictures per post
1) I can avoid the last ones
2) much more easier to open
thank you

magnificent pictures

Thanks Nan.

They don't look like Aphids to me!

I'll split my posts into smaller pieces in future.

[BluTuna]

Lovely photos, BluTuna

The pale grey butterfly is an African Grass Blue Zizeeria knysna

Like the little gecko supercute

Thanks for the correction Toko

Another one of those Geckos with the orange tail It was tiny - only 2-3 cms long!

[Mel]

As my comments sound repetitive anyway, I'll just say that I keep following
and enjoying your photos big time (even the spider which I'm not particularly
fond of either ). Your shots are superb!

2 to 3 cm is indeed tiny-tiny.

[Toko]

Another one of those Geckos with the orange tail It was tiny - only 2-3 cms long!

Have done more searching, BluTuna, and it is indeed Lygodactylus capensis capensis The hatchlings have these orange tails

So we were right with our ID when you spotted it the first time

http://books.google.de/books?id=6Yr_OJs ... il&f=false

[BluTuna]

As my comments sound repetitive anyway, I'll just say that I keep following
and enjoying your photos big time (even the spider which I'm not particularly
fond of either ). Your shots are superb!

2 to 3 cm is indeed tiny-tiny.

Thanks Mel! Your comments are appreciated, repetitive or not!

[BluTuna]

Another one of those Geckos with the orange tail It was tiny - only 2-3 cms long!

Have done more searching, BluTuna, and it is indeed Lygodactylus capensis capensis The hatchlings have these orange tails

So we were right with our ID when you spotted it the first time

http://books.google.de/books?id=6Yr_OJs ... il&f=false

What about the mysterious orange thing, any ideas what it might be????

[Toko]

Have no clue, perhaps of the superfamily Ichneumonoidea (Braconidae and Ichneumonidae)

In the Ichneumonidae there are some similar looking ones

But that's a wild guess and I can be totally wrong

[Lisbeth]

What an amount of beautiful creepies Certainly the background colors of the plants help to make them even more impressive photos

[BluTuna]

Have no clue, perhaps of the superfamily Ichneumonoidea (Braconidae and Ichneumonidae)

In the Ichneumonidae there are some similar looking ones

But that's a wild guess and I can be totally wrong

They do look very similar - except I can't see any that have orange wings