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Richprins wrote:Don't see you taking many cockroach pics?

I don't have any in my house to photograph... but how about these from the Kruger?

Gregarious Spotted Cockroaches (Cartoblatter pulchra)


Another one that I haven't identified yet.

Still on the road to N'wanetsi, I got lucky with some birds in flight.

Bateleur.



Black-Shouldered Kite at the hover.




And Whitebacked Vulture.





At Nwanedzi a Rainbow Skink was trying to decide if a caterpillar was edible.


From the lookout, we watched a Crocodile takes a leisurely swim around the pool.


Another Rainbow Skink catches some rays.


A Wasp with its Grasshopper prey was on the path near the bottom of the hill. I only got two pictures of this as a Touron with even less manners than usual, who could not wait for a few seconds, barged past me and scared the wasp away.



In the toilet I found a Lynx Spider.



After breakfast we took a detour to the Sweni Hide and found a Golly.






Some Terrapins sharing a rock.


A sunbathing Hippo


A hippo that was looking on....


As two others were mating.

A pink hippo, a hairy and scary spider and awesome birds in flight and even a mystery solved, BluTuna

We spotted such sort of Invasion also in Kruder and now I know what they were - Gregarious Spotted Cockroaches (Cartoblatter pulchra)

"The Attack of the Cockroaches"

Very funny looking spider, with the eyes on top of the head or are they fake?

Pumbaa wrote:A pink hippo, a hairy and scary spider and awesome birds in flight and even a mystery solved, BluTuna

We spotted such sort of Invasion also in Kruder and now I know what they were - Gregarious Spotted Cockroaches (Cartoblatter pulchra)

Thanks again for commenting

I'm glad I solved your mystery Check the Info Book for more!

Lisbeth wrote:"The Attack of the Cockroaches"

Very funny looking spider, with the eyes on top of the head or are they fake?

Hi Lis! They aren't fake eyes, these spiders can jump and catch prey flying past

Day 11 continued. The afternoon drive.

Not much to see this afternoon but the light was sublime.

Red Crested Khoraan.



Another Rain Locust.


At the bridge for our usual afternoon stop.








Tomorrow we pack up camp for the last time this trip and head to Lower Sabie for our last night in a hut.

It has turned out that it may have been the last time we ever slept in our wonderful - custom made - tent. We took delivery of an off-road trailer on Saturday.

Beautiful photos of the Saddle-billed Stork

The rain locusts looks very fat and one can see the hearing organ!

Beautiful photos

In the future you will be roughing it a bit less

Toko wrote:Beautiful photos of the Saddle-billed Stork

The rain locusts looks very fat and one can see the hearing organ!

Thanks Toko!

A nice snack for a LBR!