South African Photographs
Sunday, January 26, 2025

Ears and Tails – Lions, Leopards and Cheetah

›
When searching for the three largest cats in our parks, we often find them but can only see an ear or tail twitching in the grass. These for...
Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Educational slides

›
3 comments:
Thursday, April 30, 2015

Vine-leaf Vagrant (Eronia cleodora) Pieridae

›
Males have a wingspan of around 45-60mm Mainly found along the eastern coastal areas.
3 comments:

Sulphur Orange Tip Butterfly (Colotis auxo) Pieridae

›
Wingspan 35-40mm. Found along the eastern coastal regions.
1 comment:
Friday, April 3, 2015

Common Orange Tip (Colotis evenina)

›
Family Pieridae Pierinae Males have a wingspan of 38-45mm
13 comments:
Monday, March 30, 2015

Elephant - mixed herds

›
Although animals mix freely at waterholes, elephants dominate and will chase others away. Young elephants have a lot of fun running...
2 comments:
Thursday, March 26, 2015

Kerstens Sprite (Psuedagrion kersteni)

›
Family Coenagrionidae A mating pair - the female being held under the water during the process.
1 comment:
Sunday, March 22, 2015

Long-tailed Starling

›
Family Sturnidae A local resident in the northern regions and are fruit and insect eaters.
2 comments:
Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Small Orange Tip (Colotis evagore antigone)

›
Family Pieridae Pierinae A smallish butterfly with a wingspan of 28-35mm in the males who are larger than females. They are found t...
2 comments:
Saturday, March 14, 2015

Serrated Hinged Terrapin (Pelusios sinuatus)

›
Family Pelomedusidae This is the largest of our fresh water terrapins with the females being bigger than the males and can weigh up to 7...
2 comments:
›
Home
View web version

About Me

My photo
SAPhotographs (Joan)
Identification of South African fauna and flora. Please join me as I walk through my world of nature...
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.