For interesting information on flowers, trees and plants please click on this link: http://natureswow2.blogspot.com/

For the identification of insects and other fauna and flora of South Africa: please click on the following links:
Insects and related species: Antlions - Ants - Bees - Beetles - Bugs - Butterflies, Moths and Caterpillars - Centipedes and Millipedes - Cockroaches - Crickets - Dragonflies and Damselflies - Grasshoppers and Katydids - Mantis - Stick Insects - Ticks and Mites - Wasps - Woodlice
Plants, Trees, Flowers: (Note: Unless plants fall into a specific species such as Cacti, they have been classified by their flower colour to make them easier to find) Bonsai - Cacti, Succulents, Aloes, Euplorbia - Ferns and Cycads - Flowers - Fungi, Lichen and Moss - Grass - Trees
Animals, Birds, Reptiles etc.: Animals, Birds, Fish and Crabs - Frogs - Lizards - Scorpions - Snails and Slugs - Snakes - Spiders - Tortoise, Turtles and Terrapins - Whipscorpions
Other photography: Aeroplanes - Cars and Bikes - Travel - Sunrise - Water drops/falls - Sudwala and Sterkfontein Caves etc.
Videos: YouTube

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Walk 18/4 - Part 4

A while back I did a post how this amazing Fire Plant was used to make light in years gone by.
Now, I found it in bloom and it has such a pretty flower. There was a tiny bug hiding away on the bottom petal but I did not notice it until I got the pictures on the computer.
These leave were interesting to me. They grow in very rocky places and the back of them has almost like tenticles that they use to secure themselves in place as there is nowhere for roots.
Over another hill and the path starts to go down hill at last - or is it again? There have been so many. :)
A pretty wild flower which looks almost like a Sweetpea.
A skipper fluttered onto a nearby plant. It looks like the Borbu gemella Twin Swift.
Turning a corner I saw this lump of something and went to investigate.....
It was about 6 inches in height and turned out to be a ball of caterpillars. Hundreds of them it seems!! It looks like they might be of the Cabbage White butterfly.

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