New Baboon Spider Discovered In Survey Of Kruger

...The new baboon spider was first spotted during a 2003 spider survey of Kruger that forms part of the ongoing South African National Survey of Arachnids...
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Spider-hunting Wasps

...They then drag (large prey) or carry the spider to a crevice, pre-dug hole or nest chamber, where an egg is deposited on the living but immobile corpse before the spider is covered or sealed in...
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Game Drives from Letaba to Olifants in the Southern Mopaneveld

...It is best to do this road very slowly, not just to look for animals in the thickets but also to go easy on the suspension.Baboon Spider A new species of baboon spider has been discovered near Letaba camp...
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Spider Snapshots Wanted

...Not only may new spider species be discovered during the survey, but spiders in need of conservation can also be identified...
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Wasps

...After a short manoeuvre the wasp gives the spider a paralysing sting and then carries or drags the immobile spider to a prepared hole, where it lays an egg on the spider before burying it...
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The Spider Can Put More Food in our Mouths

...The Spider Can Put More Food in our MouthsThe Spider Can Put More Food in our MouthsResearchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at Yale University in the US say grasshoppers who are being frightened by spiders affect the productivity of our..
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South African Jumping Cockroach Makes Top Ten

...The webs of Darwin's Bark Spider have been found spanning rivers, streams and lakes, and in one instance, a web stretched 25 meters across a Madagascar river with at least 30 insects trapped in it...
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Animal Intolerance

...Sunbirds hovering under the eaves of houses and around window ledges, searching for spider web with which to bind their intricate nests.Many bird species use spider web in nest construction...
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Enviro Perspectives on Camouflage with Dave Rushworth

...Do all 'buzzing' tones have significance - as in the case of the spider wasps ? Is flapping frequency significant protection during 'pheromone emission' ?..
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Images of a Great African Park

...The baboon spider derives its name from a dense covering of hair that supposedly resembles the coat of a baboon. They are not web-builders, instead relying on speed and agility to catch prey...
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Spot The Spider

...And don't worry about the perils of spider bites while hunting down specimens with your digital camera - statistically speaking, you are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.Explore the Letaba Area where the new..
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Spring Time Again

...When they have young, even seed-eaters and nectar feeding birds will feed their chicks on a high protein diet of insects.Wild CottonI have previously mentioned some of the variety of nesting materials, including spider web, used by different species of..
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Blyde National Park To Be Declared In September

...Many of the 33 fish species that occur in the river are on the verge of extinction More than 200 species of butterfly and almost 70 species of spider have been recorded in the area...
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Another Step Closer To A New Orpen Gate

...will have domed roofs, similar to that at Phabeni, but constructed out of concrete to help prevent the roof leaking.One other project identified in the EIA that has to take place before construction begins will be the relocation of golden brown baboon spider..
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Climatic Conditions

...Plant growth, flowering, insect food species, spider web construction and a whole lot of activities were delayed, resulting in a delay in nest construction and breeding by many bird species...
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Adjusting To Kruger's Pace

...It could be feeling the velvety-soft skin behind a rhino's ear or around a giraffe's nostrils, holding  a feathery-light baboon spider in my hands or standing just feet away from a totally wild elephant, separated only by a flimsy looking fence and returning..
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Patterns of the Bush

...Patterns of the BushPatterns of the BushTwo weeks ago the sunbirds were starting to collect spider-webs with which to start building operations...
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The Mud Builders

...Where there is only sandy mud the birds will attempt to build with only limited hope of success.Assistance To Mud BuildersFolks trying to attract bird life to their areas will ensure that there is a sufficient supply of building material in the form of spider..
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African Names of Animals

...  Is there a connection between spied and spider? Bat and bat-an-eyelid? Horse and hoarse? Aardvark as earthpig? Hippopotamus is literally translated as 'river horse' in Latin or 'seacow' in Afrikaans...
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Five Days in Eden

...Hennie discussed all the safety issues and tested the wind with ash taken from the camp fire before we moved off into the bush with only the sounds of our footsteps to betray our whereabouts.The morning light reflected on leaves dampened by the mist and spider..
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