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One more! Thursday afternoon, watering the plants, this one pops out...... African Twig Mantis (Popa spurca). Gone again this morning.

About time for an update. 23 June 2020 and lots of ooths around. Greenie is still around on the citrus tree. Lost her shortly after this.   Then, on 9 July, after a bitter cold spell, my son spotted this lady.......... which disappeared the next day. Then on 28 August, again this...

Sorry, no photo showing up in the post. Can tell you the females were all about the same size i.e. 3-4cm head to tail. The males were all about 1-1,5cm head to tail. The odd one out was the one I suspect to be a giant african which was about 5cm head to tail.

Xanadu is where I live. It is an Eco Park (or Nature Estate) located at Hartbeespoort Dam in South Africa. Check out https://www.xanadu.co.za/ and on Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/R1aE7rTBBMgVy2xM8

Last update. The two males I left in the (trimmed) lavender bush are still around (despite the presence of a few large spiders and the Lavender Queen). Found them both this morning again. However, I last spotted the Lavender Queen herself on the 19th of May while she was feasting on a...

OK, so I found the first 6 guys (Greenie, the Lavender Queen, and four males) all on the 3rd of May and decided to postpone the trimming for a week. Placed Greenie and two of the males on the citrus tree.    A month later, Greenie is still there. I observe her for a few minutes every day and...

OK, so about time for an update. After my last post, I decided to trim the Lavender bush that I found the Ghost in previously (it was getting out of hand). But because of the discussion here, I thought to just have a more detailed look in case there are more. Look at the results! Blown...

Correct.

Not to mention the Stick Insects (twice), Scorpions (two different species), Porcupine (a few nights per month), Tortoise (about once a week), Flap-neck Chameleons (three separate occasions), Mozamique Spitting Cobra (twice), Green Bush Snake (once), Nyala (every day), Duiker (several times a...

These are a few of the species I've come across in my back yard (I'm no expert so I hope the IDs are correct): Cilnia Humeralis.... "Cilly"....... She was with us for over 8 months. She lived on this Citrus tree for 8 months, feasting on the lice (and the ants that farms them). The tree grew...

Good morning from South Africa. I hope all of you are safe during this Covid-19 pandemic. We seem to be coping OK, though I fear the avalanche is yet to come. Anyway, about me: I am a Pyro-Metallurgist by training, active these days in Clean Electricity production - mostly by harvesting waste...