By Lesley Cornish I love having good sightings of animals, especially birds, and many people say that they love animals. However, my experiences just after Christmas made me start to think about the effect of this on the animals themselves. Those who walk in the bush with dangerous game...
Presenter: Francois Swart (NWP&TB Honorary Officer)  by Viv ThomĂ© â NWP&TB Honorary Officer  Title of course: Snake Awareness, Snake Identification, Snake Bite First Aid & Snake Handling. This course is an absolute must for everyone who travels to the bush or lives in an area where you are likely...
If you keep your eyes on the ground as you wander through South Africaâs varied and wonderful habitats, you generally donât have to wait too long before you see some or other insect doing something interesting. On our recent visit to Hluhluwe my wife did not keep her eyes...
And so to the last in our series. SAC SPIDERS, YELLOW SAC SPIDERS, HOUSE SAC SPIDERS, LONG-LEGGED SAC SPIDERS â these are various common names given to the very common spider Cheiracanthium furculatum in the family Eutichuridae Since the early 1980âs bites from the common House Sac spider Cheiracanthium...
VIOLIN SPIDERS Family Sicariidae, genus Loxosceles 6 species Loxosceles bergeri, L parramae, L pilosa, L simillima, L speluncarum, and L spinulosa Violin spiders are smallish to medium-sized, unremarkable freeâliving nocturnal hunters and a variety of subdued brownish colours. The âviolin markingâ on the head region is not always visible and...
Our button or widow spiders have neurotoxic venom (venom that affects the central nervous system). BLACK BUTTON OR WIDOW SPIDERS Family Theridiidae, species Latrodectus cinctus, Latrodectus indistinctus, Latrodectus karrooensis & Latrodectus renivulvatus Black button spiders are regarded as the most dangerously venomous spiders found in southern Africa. Those found...
Whilst not quite as badly maligned as snakes, spiders also tend to take the rap for many things they donât do. So in order to try and help their cause a bit, and hopefully provide HOâs with some useful facts, Astri Leroy has kindly given us permission to serialize...
by Ingrid Friday This waterbird count will always be remembered by those of us who were there as “that misty winter count of 2017”. I donât see anything, are you sure we are in the right place? We all drove to Borakalalo in very thick mist...
You might have seen dragonflies or damselflies (Order Odonata), either perching, or in flight, coupled together in what is described as the âwheel positionâ. Green hooktails (Paragomphus genei) You have probably deduced, correctly, that this is dragonfliesâ method of mating, but have been unable from your observations to work...
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