Red Velvet Mites: Video

It was back to staring through binoculars at impala’s bums again. I could swear several of them were about to drop any minute, but no such luck. On several females I could see the foetus pushing up against their tails. Was this not a sure sign that they should drop? Anyway things look like they’re heating up on the impala front.

Prenatal class
Near Chekwa pan these Red Velvet Mites were all over the place but not for long as they were already burrowing into the soft wet soil before it hardened. They will then again appear with the next good rains to run around feeding on other mites and their eggs, and also insect and snail eggs. The larvae are far more ruthless attaching themselves to arthropods and feeding on them parasitically.

Red Velvet Mite
With them underground I knew at least I would find the elephant in the Albizia woodlands, and luckily there they all were. Chipfongwe suddenly seems to look so much bigger at a year old now. And amazingly Mandlovu is still allowing her other youngster to suckle as well as Chipfongwe. This little female must now be about 5 years old. Will she ever stop suckling? No doubt, in the dry winter months Mandlovu with wean her.

Milk machine
With the cool weather and piles of fresh new food there were youngsters sparring all over the place. The adults weren’t letting their guard down although they did seem keen to join in.
This lone Grysbok was resting when the elephant came barging through and she didn’t know whether to take fright from them or me, so bolted anyway.

Grysbok
With all the rain the dung beetles are now out in force attacking elephant dung piles in earnest, flattening them, only to move on to the next. Great keepers of the garden helping spread the manure.

Feasting
On the way home after sunset, the Lilly’s which had been closed all day now opened for the night.

Nocturnal lilly

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