Africa Wild

Day 5. Thursday 22 May 2014. Tsendze -> Shingwedzi.

Moving day so no morning drive. We usually get up when we feel like it and take our time packing up.

As we were packing we found a few creepies of the eight-legged variety.

A Daddy Long Legs.



A splendid Baboon Spider!


Who seemed to be wondering which myth he was going to bust today!


And this one that I haven't identified yet.


We stopped off at Mopani for breakfast and on the way back to the car I almost stepped on this exquisite creature.




And to give it some scale, my shoe is over 30cm long.


At Shingwedzi, more bugs.

A new butterfly Black striped Hairtail Anthene amarah amarah

and some cool spider photos

Toko wrote:

A new butterfly Black striped Hairtail Anthene amarah amarah

and some cool spider photos

Thanks again for yet another ID Toko!

Isn't the Baboon Spider beautiful?

Yes, it is, but I find the shoe-sized creepy even more elegant , it has also a cool head gear

Extraordinary insects when taken close up

Toko wrote:Yes, it is, but I find the shoe-sized creepy even more elegant , it has also a cool head gear

Pretty impressive, isn't it? I guess it can only be a Giant Stick Insect Bactrododema krugeri.

Must be this

The Pentatomid is Pseudatelus/Atelocera notatipennis

Toko wrote:Must be this

The Pentatomid is Pseudatelus/Atelocera notatipennis

I agree!

We usually get up when we feel like it and take our time packing up.


That's the way to go!


How grotesque! Feet over 30cm long!


If you don't see tsessebe at Longname, you are useless!

Horrors BT

Great pics , but creepy crawlies freak me out