Family Nymphalide Heliconiiae  For more information see the pictures of the male: http://saphotographs.blogspot.com/2012/06/little-acrae...

Family Sternorrhyncha Aphididae For some reason I only associate aphides with rose bushes so it came as a surprise to find them on a creeper...

As their blood vessels are near to the surface of their skin, they can be seen flapping their ears in order to keep themselves cool.

Family Pygidicranidae For some reason, people are terrified that earwigs actually go into their ears which is not true as they are harml...

They are very small, about 1cm.

At Berg en Dal Camp in KNP, this Barbet often came to eat around the car when I was working and I was amazed at its will to survive. Somewhe...

Family Noctuidae A very interesting larvae with those wing-like protrusions of about 5cm in length. I have not been able to find the mot...

Family Nymphalidae Nymphalinae   They have a very restricted area in which they are found along the eastern coast just below and above S...

Family Carabidae Cincindelinae   I have to wonder that something so small and insignificant looking at first can be so spectacular when ...

Family Lycaenidae Lycaeninae Just one shot of this one before it took off and I had to adjust it a lot before I could see the butterfly. ...