Fieldguide

Spider, Jumping

Spider, Jumping
Name: Spider, Jumping
Classification:
Place first seen: Morrungulo, Mozambique
Date spotted: January 2012
Description:

Creepy legs and spikes at the end. All over Bea’s school books. One landed on Lisa’s head.

Albino Springbok

Albino Springbok
Name: Albino Springbok
Classification:
Place first seen: Karoo, Cape, South Africa
Date spotted: 10 January 2012
Description:

The albino springbok stood out like a sore thumb against the landscape. An exciting sighting as none of us had seen one before.

Angulate Tortoise

Angulate Tortoise
Name: Angulate Tortoise
Classification:
Place first seen: Bontebok National Park, Cape, South Africa
Date spotted: 9 January 2012
Description:

Moves faster than you’d think.

Mountain Tortoise

Mountain Tortoise
Name: Mountain Tortoise
Classification:
Place first seen: Bontebok National Park, Cape, South Africa
Date spotted: 9 January 2012
Description:

Loves juicy lettuce better than grass. Has a long pink tongue, efficient if inelegant eater. Not afraid of humans.

Ground Beetle

Ground Beetle
Name: Ground Beetle
Classification:
Place first seen: Nieu Bethesda, Karoo, Cape, South Africa
Date spotted: 12 January 2012
Description:

Quick as a wink, but slower than a flying Tupperware.

Cricket

Cricket
Name: Cricket
Classification:
Place first seen: Nieu bethesda, Karoo, Cape, South Africa
Date spotted: 12 January 2012
Description:

Bea is quick at catching crickets. (Try saying it fast, again and again…!)

Cape Turtle Dove

Cape Turtle Dove
Name: Cape Turtle Dove
Classification:
Place first seen: Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa
Date spotted: 03 January 2012
Description:

Sweet-looking little doves that are all over the garden here and eat the dogs’ food.

Red Bishop Bird

Red Bishop Bird
Name: Red Bishop Bird
Classification:
Place first seen: Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa
Date spotted: 03 January 2012
Description:

Fiery red. Small and cute. Looks naughty.

Crowned Guinea Fowl

Crowned Guinea Fowl
Name: Crowned Guinea Fowl
Classification:
Place first seen: On road to Muizenberg, Cape Town, South Africa
Date spotted: 03 January 2012
Description:

Funny hat on head. Not too smart. They run on the road ahead of the car and don’t realize they can just escape by running to the side. Eat anything (seeds, insects, worms, flowers, snails…)

Grasshopper

Grasshopper
Name: Grasshopper
Classification:
Place first seen: Abbotsleigh Rd., Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa
Date spotted: 02 January 2012
Description:

Compound eyes. Eats living plants. Female lays eggs in soil in egg case using her ovipositor (which is at the end of her abdomen). Babies hatch 1 month later. Locusts are a kind of grasshopper.