Jambo!

[Pau]

Some close-ups from my recent travel to Tanzania. Ngorongoro reserve and Serengueti N.P.
The quality in most of them is pretty poor but I find the subjets interesting (I did better with big mammals )

Whistling Thorn Acacia drepanolobium has a mutualistic relationship with ants that live in the galls and feed in nectar glands.

This ants ferociously defence the tree from herbivors. If you tap the branch in few seconds they are ready to attack you.


An interesting spider, both sides.


A realy big insect (Hymenoptera?)


The infamous tsetse fly, Glossina sp. In North Tanzania highlands it's very abundant in forested savannah zones, but I was told that it doesn't transmit the Tripanosoma


Any comments and ID hepl wellcome

(Jambo means hello in swahili)

[SONYNUT]

quit a horny spider..

[lauriek]

quit a horny spider..

lol!

Nice set. I don't think I would have grabbed one of those flies though! The 'really big' thing is likely a wasp, sorry no idea beyond that!

[DQE]

Quite an exotic location for those of us who don't have opportunities to visit such places!

Well-executed photos, too, most enjoyable to view.

[DrLazer]

You don't feel tired at all do you?

[Pau]

Thanks all for your comments,
Laurie, it isn't my hand but the tanzanian guide's, but they don't bite when trapped and try to escape
DrLazer, I'm not particulary tired , only one tsetse did bite me and only it just begun, I killed it before injecting any fluid (I have a strong reaction to diptera bites and I didn't had any reaction in this case)

[Simon W]

Wow, sounds like a great trip Pau. Love the Tsetse shot, illustrates the scale well and pretty crisp. Such a tiny fly with awful potential.

Ha , in our Australian summer, I'm looking fwd to catching our local March Fly, you need a wide angle lens to image that thing well!