NATUREZAOPEDIA

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“In its complexity and sensuality, nature invites exploration, direct contact, and experience.

A compilation of insects for your viewing pleasure. #insects #nature #beautyinnature #naturezaopedia

Garden Acraea or Acraea horta 🦋🎋🦋 -Found in Southern Africa and Zimbabwe. -Commonly found around October to April.

Mantis (Praying mantis) 💚🌳💚 -As adults, their enlarged spiny front legs are well-adapted for catching and holding their prey.

Dragonfly 💚🌾💚 -The wings of most dragonflies are held flat and away from the body.

Giant Cone-headed Mantid (Hemiempusa Capensis) 💚👀💚 -One of the largest mantids. -They are a family of plant-mimicking mantises.

A newly emerging African Monarch Butterfly. 🦋🐛🦋 -An adult butterfly emerges after about two weeks as a chrysalis.

Dusky Acraea Butterfly -Scientific name: Acraea esebria -It is found in southern and eastern Africa.

A small crab spider capturing a bee... Are also known as flower spiders. They sit on or beside flowers or fruit, where they grab visiting...

Small, beautiful & simple. In Africa, it is also known as the brown-veined white and is well known during summer and autumn when large...

Sometimes called rollie-pollies. They are herbivores, feeding on decomposing organic matter on the forest floor or among leaf litter....

A single dragonfly can reportedly eat anywhere from 30 to hundreds of mosquitoes per day. Some species reach a top speed of 29kph. They...