How to kill a…
A neat find while walking about in camp today is a little bug called the millipede assassin bug nymph! A gruesome name but in reality a necessary part of the environment – just like other creatures. Because of the defence…
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Month: Jan 2021
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The Mighty Mapoza
Having first been spotted in Thornybush in 2018, and now dominating the central and northern sections of the reserve along with his two counterparts known as the Xikukutsu males, the Mapoza male has fast become one of my all-time favourite…Read More »
The ‘Cape Mountain Rifles’…
THE CMR BEAN BLISTER BEETLE The CMR bean beetle (Milabris Oculata) is a large, conspicuously coloured beetle in the family Meloidae (blister beetles) that is frequently seen all over the Lowveld. ‘CMR’ refers to the Cape Mounted Rifles, a military unit…Read More »
