I’m a 35 year-old Australian currently living & working in Somerset West, western Cape, South Africa. I have had since a very early age an abiding interest in nature–particularly in birds & reptiles.
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Hi Jeffrey,
I was thinking about you the other day and thought that I would look you up via Google and see what I could find, and loe and behold I find you in SOUTH AFRICA!!!! My goodness. You look like you are having a wonderful time. And congratulations on the birth of your little girl. We have three now our youngest (Kassi) was born this year too, August 24.
I won’t write much, I don’t know very much about these Blog things, so I’ll just say hello – and good to see you again!!!
Have a great day
Tammy
Hello!
You have a FANTASTIC site, and I’ve enjoyed visiting!
Thank you for the new species articles you dropped off over at my site- I hadn’t seen those yet!
I’ll update today, and get them added. π
Thanks again,
~Zaxy
http://zaxy.wordpress.com
Hey there – great site! You highlight some of my favourite places in this wonderful country.
Regards – Tony
Hi there,
I saw that you have photos of animals (and butterflies) in Niger on you’re Flickr account.
I’m very interested in butterflies and would like to know if you have any recommendations for a book for determining butterflies in this area.
We met a lovely artist this past weekend, which was painting an ‘African Moth’, based on a picture that her friend sent to her… Rebecca (the artist) gave us the paint (wow!) and my kids and I are doing research to find out more about this great creature that brought so many people together… π
You are now part of this circle! The moth is the African Peach Moth!
Thank you for the amazing pics & information!
From Miami!
would you be interested in giving a link to our website
Thanks
Done. Thanks for dropping by.
Jeff
Hi Jeffrey – what a fantastic site!
I have spent most of this morning trying to id a caterpiller in my garden in Claremont, Cape Town. I would love to be able to send you an image. I have Steve Woodall’s book (recent birthday present) but as with most id books, there are no images of the larvae. I am interested in all stages of the butterflies, moths etc in my garden. I think it is a painted lady, but I can only count 7 sets of branched spines, and that larvae should have 9. The body is pale and the back has blak and yellow markings. The branched spines are white. The eyes are rufous brown and hairy. It is on a trailing gazania, and spins a web around itself and a few leaves. Its about 30 cm in length now. I am new to this hobby, and I am sure this is an easy one for you!
Many thanks
Jenny
sorry – correction in previous post – caterpiller is 30mm not 30 cm!
Hallo
Amazing images!
Would love to use them in our magazine. Can we make contact? (riaan@tipafrica.co.za)