Just to push things as small as we can before getting back to giant mammals, I thought I'd include a selection of insects/arachnids that we saw on our journey. This magnificent spider was spotted on our very first morning when we were jet-lagged and exploring the grounds of the first lodge we stayed at in Tanzania. The shape of its shell really reminded me of the crest of the queen from 'Aliens' and its striking red colour is very unusual. We saw several of these spiders that day but none after it.
At
Ndutu, near the
Serengeti, we spotted this tiny mantis on a thorn tree. I was actually taking macro photos of the thorns themselves without even noticing it and then spotted this tiny terror (maybe 1.5cm long) on a further back thorn.
Managing to even find insects at night, we spotted this glow worm (or at least thats what we think it is) casting a beautiful almost neon green colour by the pool in the Maasai Mara. This photo was taken with a flash since it was too low a light for my camera to do well without, so its personal light is gone, but was being emitted from the tip of his tail.
At Ndutu, near the Serengeti, we spotted this tiny mantis on a thorn tree. I was actually taking macro photos of the thorns themselves without even noticing it and then spotted this tiny terror (maybe 1.5cm long) on a further back thorn.
Managing to even find insects at night, we spotted this glow worm (or at least thats what we think it is) casting a beautiful almost neon green colour by the pool in the Maasai Mara. This photo was taken with a flash since it was too low a light for my camera to do well without, so its personal light is gone, but was being emitted from the tip of his tail.
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