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AHA! New page! I can finish this off without invoking the "Wrath of Nan" (caused by loading too many pictures on a page :O^ )

This Leaf Katydid posed nicely in a Morning Glory flower and showed a wonderful colour contrast.
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Yet another new fly species - this one is a wasp mimic!
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Some moths that wandered into the house.
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And a huge Mantid that my SO brought home from work. From head to tail it measured 13.5cm!!! :shock:
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Trigonodes exportata or hyppasia ;-)

I think, nan will love the mantid =O: and so do I, impressive one :shock:


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Love the grasshopper on the morning glory. \O


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Once again - WOW!!! ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^


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Stunning BT! ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^


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Thanks for the comments everyone and thanks Toko for the ID \O O0

Last weekend was very sparse but I did manage to get a few pics and again there were some species I'd not seen before.

On Saturday I didn't do my morning patrol and only managed to get into the garden late in the afternoon. I was getting desperate and resorting to looking under rocks when I found this Earwig, Euborellia annulipes I think.
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Later that evening I found a Cranefly (Nematocera Sp.) in the kitchen, it was trying to commit suicide on the cooker until I rescued it.
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On Sunday I managed to get this Bee that's been around for a couple of days, it looks like a miniature Carpenter Bee, about half the size of the usual Xylocopa caffra and very much like a Banded Bee in flight.
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Lastly, just for Nan, a couple of small spiders.

A Wolf Spider - there are about a dozen species of these that look exactly the same.
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And a new one I haven't been able to ID yet.
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The Cranefly does not look much like a fly, but then again, what do I know about flies 0*\


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Elegant Crane Fly ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^
of the family Tipulidae, it helds the wings spread out and has no patterns on the wings.

The adults are short-lived, only do mate and than die, I think, they do not even feed :-? perhaps this one was done with mating and went for suicide :shock: rather than starving O-/


The bee is a Xylocopa sp \O there are also small one, but don't know which one =O: A pretty girl O:V


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So great to meet other wildlife and critter enthusiasts and learn more about all the beauty that nature has to offer. :-)
Your macro's are absolutely stunning BT. Thanks for sharing. :-)


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That Mongoose is super cute Okie. Great shot! :-)


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