The butterfly is a Brown-veined White Butterfly (Belenois aurota).
Three for the price of one
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Three for the price of one
On a recent trip to the game park, I was trying to get a shot of the butterfly and the bee on one flower. When I got home and put the pictures onto the PC I discovered the stick grasshopper which I had not seen before. Amazing how ones eye is distracted by other things sometimes.
The butterfly is a Brown-veined White Butterfly (Belenois aurota).
The butterfly is a Brown-veined White Butterfly (Belenois aurota).
Joan Young
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Unexpected hangers-on are always an interesting surprise!
A couple of these guys look unusual to me....Are you sure that's a bee? My instinctive response is it is some sort of fly, though that's from overall feel rather than any specific knowledge, of which I have none on South African bugs!
The "grasshopper" looks very interesting and unusual. Are you sure he's not a "walking stick" or stick insect? Again, I know nothing of your fauna beyond "Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!"
Wait, you don't have tigers or bears, do you?!
A couple of these guys look unusual to me....Are you sure that's a bee? My instinctive response is it is some sort of fly, though that's from overall feel rather than any specific knowledge, of which I have none on South African bugs!
The "grasshopper" looks very interesting and unusual. Are you sure he's not a "walking stick" or stick insect? Again, I know nothing of your fauna beyond "Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!"
Wait, you don't have tigers or bears, do you?!
Mike Broderick
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Constructive critiques of my pictures, and reposts in this forum for purposes of critique are welcome
"I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul....My mandate includes weird bugs."
--Calvin
LOL!! Sorry, no tigers and bears Mike!! But I can go and take some at the zoo if you want? 
For once I am sure of the insects here. I at first thought the grasshopper was also a stick insect, but I went and looked it up and it is definitely classified as a grasshopper.
Hey!! This is Africa remember...third world and different!!
But I can go and take some at the zoo if you want? For once I am sure of the insects here. I at first thought the grasshopper was also a stick insect, but I went and looked it up and it is definitely classified as a grasshopper.
Hey!! This is Africa remember...third world and different!!
Joan Young
Very nice finding Joan. 
Judging by shape, (especially antennae and head) your grasshopper looks very similar to one I've posted earlier.
Judging by shape, (especially antennae and head) your grasshopper looks very similar to one I've posted earlier.
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Noticing of my "a" and "the" and other grammar
errors are welcome.
P.S.
Noticing of my "a" and "the" and other grammar
errors are welcome.
Lovely capture (even if a bit of it was unexpected)
Brian V.
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