Butterflies: Endangered & In Need of Protection
This post follows on from the post on this site entitled “Butterflies and Moths: Why are they important?” where we looked…
Insects, spiders and scorpions of Zimbabwe
This post follows on from the post on this site entitled “Butterflies and Moths: Why are they important?” where we looked…
Introduction “Lepidoptera” is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths. There are about 250,000 species of the Lepidoptera. This…
“CICADA” – NAME(S) AND CLASSIFICATION The word “cicada” (pronounced “si-car-da”) is taken directly from the Latin representation of the sound made…
These spiders can be distinguished from other families by their distinctive hexagonal eye arrangements and the prominent spines on their legs.…
Scientific name Trichonephilia (previous known as Nephilia) These large orb-weaver spiders are conspicuous towards the end of the rainy season but…
Some years ago now there were reports that Chinese farmers were having to pollinate their almond trees by hand with tiny…
Dung beetles have dark, round bodies, six legs and long flying wings folded under hard, protective covers. Some male dung beetles…
Most people take these spiders for granted because they are so familiar a sight, but very little information about them is…
SUNSPIDERS (Solifugae) These arachnids, commonly known in Zimbabwe as Gerrymuglins, Gerrymanders, Camel spiders, Rain spiders, Kalahari Ferraris, Romans and Hunting spiders,…
(Family Sicariidae) Several violin spider species occur in Southern Africa, but only Loxosceles simillima has so far been recorded throughout Zimbabwe.…