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Flower makes a meal for a beetle May 12 2008
It’s not only the “big five” that are worth watching in South Africa’s Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve: the wonderful construction and function of smaller creatures like the CMR bean beetle (Mylabris oculata) have also fascinated the Earth-Touch film crew.
Tags: africa, beetle, cmr bean beetle, feed, flower, hluhluwe, imfolozi, insect, kwazulu-natal, plant, pollinate, south africa, wild cottonDid you know? Wasps Apr 10 2008
Wasps are vital to ecosystems. Most are either parasitic or predatory and play a role in limiting the population growth of thousands of other insect species.
Tags: africa, bark, colony, environment, face, feed, flower, forest, insect, kwazulu-natal, larvae, marking, nest, paper, prey, sting, woodDid you know? Buffalo thorn tree Apr 7 2008
Buffalo thorn trees (Ziziphus mucronata) are iconic of the African bush, with their many branches twisting up to a large, spreading canopy of leaves. This is the type of tree that one would choose to photograph at sunset, with the beautiful orange shades of an African sun setting behind it.
Tags: africa, buffalo, buffalo thorn, flower, forest, fruit, kwazulu-natal, thorn, tree, water, zuluDid you know? Red duiker Apr 2 2008
Red duikers are tiny, thickset antelopes which are usually solitary, though you might spot a pair or even three of them if you’re really lucky.
Tags: africa, antelope, camouflage, coastal, duiker, eat, flower, forest, fruit, kwazulu-natal, mammal, mozambique, red duiker, shy, south africa, swaziland, tanzaniaThis week’s most viewed stories Feb 15 2008
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 8 February to Thursday 14 February 2008) were:
Tags: aliwal shoal, berry, bird, blactip shark, dive, flame lily, flower, fruit, goose, grass, indian ocean, lily, mistletoe, pygmy goose, sea, shark, south africa, tiger shark, underwaterDid You Know? Haemanthus Nov 22 2007
Haemanthus is a genus of the flowering plant family Amaryllidaceae, which is endemic to Southern Africa.
Haemanthus coccineus, commonly known as the “paintbrush” or “powderpuff” lily, has a striking head of bright orange needles.
Hartlaub’s gulls on stormy sea Oct 31 2007
As the wind blows and the cold, stormy weather moves in, Hartlaub’s gulls are seen on the coastline at Walker Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, in the Earth-Touch clip, Wind howls in from the Atlantic.
Because of the harsh weather, the Earth-Touch crew were unable to see much at sea and a day of whale watching ultimately turned into a day of bird and flower viewing.
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Orchids flowered in dinosaur times, study suggests Sep 5 2007
This amber-preserved stingless bee carries pollen from Meliorchis caribea, the first unambiguous fossil orchid known to science. Photo: Santiago Ramírez
Orchid pollen attached to a bee that was trapped in amber, suggests that orchids were already blooming during the time of the dinosaurs, BBC News and others have reported.
Tags: amber, bee, dinosaur, dominican republic, flower, fossil, orchid, pollen, south americaFloral welcoming Aug 28 2007
During the weeks of spring the harsh, sandy desert of Namaqualand is transformed into a sea of yellow, white and orange flowers in bloom. This is a sign of the approaching summer and the end of winter’s cold.
The early birds Jul 19 2007
By Andy Crawford, field crew
The skimmers have arrived! This probably doesn’’t sound like a significant event to the non-twitchers amongst us. Those in the know, however, will find it very peculiar.
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