Showing posts with label Pilansberg Game Reserve South Africa flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pilansberg Game Reserve South Africa flowers. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Pilansberg - Wild flowers - Part 8 Final


A lovely Two-spot Beetle crossing the road. He is about 4 inches in body length.
This little turtle was so small I could easily have closed him in my hand and he had such a happy, smiling face. :)



An Elegant Grasshopper having a meal on the flowers.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Pilansberg - Wild flowers - Part 7


I was there just after the rain and this means the ticks are out in full force, especially this little red ones. Needless to say, I did not do much walking that day.
He was clinging for dear life onto this grass stalk.


It seems it was the time when all the dragonflies were eager to have their photograhs taken too.


Sunday, May 23, 2010

Pilansberg - Wild flowers - Part 6

This one is very pretty when in full bloom as the centre unfolds as the orange flower opens.


I could not resist taking pictures of this lovely dragonfly as it posed for me.
What a face!!
I have never seen a spider like this with each half of him a different color. He was tiny about the size of the head of a cigarette.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Pilansberg - Wild flowers - Part 5

This one is smaller than a 1c piece.
A bagworm wanting her picture taken...
Some beautiful grass and weeds.....


Then I found a golf ball...no wait...its a mushroom disguised as one. :)

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Pilansberg - WIld flowers - Part 4



I have never seen a wild Morning Glory before.


This mushroom was hiding away in the grass too.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Pilansberg - Wild flowers - Part 3

Okay so these are not flowers either but as we are heading for winter, all the grasses are starting to seed and some of them are so pretty.






This very young little bird sat dead still for me for a change. It is probably on of the Cisticola family but they all look the same and are very difficult to tell apart.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Pilansberg - Wild Flowers - Part 2

Most of the wild flowers are very small, some only a few mm in diameter and most around 1/2 an inch.


A flower? No I don't think so although this Guinea Flow might think she is one!! :) She was laying in the road just begging for her photo to be taken.