numerous untidy spider webs on the external house walls in the shade of the thatch overhang. These spiders catch a wide range of flying and crawling insects and leave their debris in their web patches.
Also occur indoors under the thatch, particularly above doorways
with Bouganvilla climbing through the lower crown
Second sighting - only found on Dicoma zeyheri plant.
Caterpillar at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15216499
attracted to uv.
The first time I have seen this moth so it may not be abundant here,
Found by thrashing branches of planted trichilia sp tree in garden.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/190045854
A similar beetle was found on the same tree two days previously.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/189929369
There has been almost no rain here so far this spring. ( about 1mm a month ago)
attracted to uv.
I dont think I have seen this sp before.
House wall at night. Perhaps attracted to moths which were flying towards light.
under rock. basalt hillside
Photo(s) by Philip Dreyer
The spiderlings have hatched!
This observation is the third in a time series.
First 10 eggs observed 9 Dec 2019
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36495433
20 eggs observed 15 Dec 2019
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36665471
This observation: 15 spiderlings and 5 eggs.
The spiderlings measure 1.2mm
Eggs 0.85mm dia.
Female body length 4.1mm
Between a sheet of silk and the underside of a leaf. Rainy weather.
Body length about 4mm.
Carrying a macabre collection of body parts of its victims, as chrysopid larvae do.
12mm
attracted to uv. First time I have seen this sp
on upper surface of leaf of small mango treehttps://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151488178
c. 30 mm going round and round a bucket. Non-stinging hairs
Lower Sabie Camp, Kruger NP, Mpumalanga, SOUTH AFRICA
on ziziphus mucronata tree leaves
Suggestions welcome please? Wildflower book of Northern SA nor Waterberg bushveld book seem to help.
While walking in the veld on a quite afternoon with several family members , I heard a tiny meow coming from a nearby ant-mound. On inspection we found two tiny little kittens, still very young, huddled toward the back of the ant-mound!
Ran across the road really fast in broad daylight, every bird in the vicinity wanted to have it for lunch!
Composite of 2 consecutive photos.
This series shows Watshamiella alata watching Sycoscapter cornutus oviposit into a Ficus burkei syconium (fruiting body) for over seven minutes; after the Sycoscapter female departs, the Watshamiella female proceeds to oviposit into the same hole. Compton et al. (2009) described this behaviour for different species of Watshamiella in Uganda and Kenya on Ficus sycomorus and Ficus artocarpoides.
Compton, S.G., Van Noort, S., McLeish, M., Deeble, M. and Stone, V., 2009. Sneaky African fig wasps that oviposit through holes drilled by other species. African Natural History, 5, pp.9-15. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230580629
Spotted harlequin snake eating Cape legless skink.
Video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SSv8ZMBQiA
The only other plant found growing in the immediate vicinity was a succulent shrub species of Amaranthaceae, Arthraerua leubnitziae. Heavy fog in the morning. Ten miles East, no fog. In this way Welwitschia can be seen to be a relictual species somewhat akin to coastal redwoods of California, both clinging to a narrow strip along the coast of a cold ocean where they can find what they need to survive and in the case of Welwitschia, avoid competition.
attracted to uv
Not the best choice for a nest probably, when this Lizard Buzzard decided to build it high in a large Erythrina livingstoniana. In early December, the hottest time of the year before the start of the rains, this tree is entirely leafless exposing both parent and chick to the blazing midday sun.
Body length 5.7mm
Reared.
Almost 1mm across. Last photo of the Volvox next to Wolffia arrhiza.
A couple moose out browsing around the skaters, dog walkers, and xc skiers tonight. 30 mins before we watched them cross Minnesota, causing a bunch of cars to brake quickly.
After recently posting on the Minors of this species which were collected by Peter Slingsby I managed to find some Majors yesterday. They were nesting in an old rotten piece of wood. They measure somewhere in the 7-7.5mm range. There are some naked pupae visible in the second image. I added a post on the Minors of this nest here: http://www.ispotnature.org/node/824318. The first post I did on the minors is what I base this ID on. See here: http://www.ispotnature.org/node/819779.