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Flowering Tsavo!

September 19, 2016May 2, 2010 by dududiaries

Flowering Tsavo Hello – have just been visiting Tsavo. We were based at Camp Tsavo (which used to be called the Taita Discovery Centre). It is an amazing location – a former cattle ranch nestled between Tsavo East and Mt Kasigau. It is a fantastic place to be based for anyone wanting to explore a … Read more

Categories Butterflies, Culture, Ecology, Forests

Thank you for the mangoes!

September 19, 2016April 12, 2010 by dududiaries

Dear All – here are some pictures to share of some very important and yet overlooked insects. Mangoes are one of the most delicious and widely grown tropical fruits. In Kenya we are very lucky to have lots of mangoes available at the moment – absolutely luscious and so tasty. As we all enjoy our … Read more

Categories Ants, Bees, Culture, Ecology, Flies, Forests, Pollination

Long-legged Fly!

September 19, 2016March 16, 2010 by dududiaries

Dear All – thanks for your kind comments and continued interest in insects. Have been in the rainforest for a couple of days. On one of the trails I spotted this amazing Long-legged fly patrolling a leafy lane. These flies are predators who hunt other small insects on the wing in the forest… There were … Read more

Categories Butterflies, Culture, Flies, Forests

Happy bees in northern Kenya!

September 19, 2016March 12, 2010 by dududiaries

Dear All – thanks for the kind comments. The rains we have had in Kenya have meant that a lot of bees are out and about pollinating. On a recent visit to Mt Nyiru, I managed to photograph some very interesting bees visiting the flowers of a succulent tree euphorbia… Here are some of the … Read more

Categories Bees, Climate Change, Culture, Ecology, Pollination

Hawkmoth heaven!

September 19, 2016February 18, 2010 by dududiaries

With recent rains on the plains, the bush has sprung back to life and there are flowers and insects everywhere. On a recent evening walk I noticed a lot of hawkmoths whirring about a flowering Turraea bush. They were feeding on the nectar with their long tongues – the proboscis – which can be uncoiled … Read more

Categories Culture, Ecology, Moths, Pollination

Butterfly duos and trios (and more!)

September 19, 2016February 9, 2010 by dududiaries

Dear All Greetings from the sunny plains and bush of Laikipia – have been working here on insects for a week. There were a couple days of heavy unseasonal rains here (it is supposed to be the middle of the dry season, whatever that means anymore), and it seems to have produced an outburst of … Read more

Categories Butterflies, Culture, Ecology

Ant nanny!

September 19, 2016December 29, 2009 by dududiaries

Dear All – Thanks for the kind comments and sparing a moment to consider the world of insects.   Here is a another snippet from the rainforest. Climbed a hill on Christmas day so that I could telephone friends and family and wish them well. On the way down I noticed large black ants clambering … Read more

Categories Ants, Culture, Ecology, Forests, Scale insects Tags Ants, Kakamega forest, Kenya, polyrachis, Scale insects

The Ruby and the Sapphire…

September 19, 2016December 28, 2009 by dududiaries

Dear All,  Hello – greetings from the rainforest. I was very lucky to spend the xmas holidays in the Kakamega forest in Western Kenya. After a dry spell, the rains arrived with a vengeance and it rained and rained and rained. This was simply wonderful and I truly hope that it heralds a good year … Read more

Categories Culture, Damselflies, Ecology, Forests

Happy bees…

September 19, 2016December 21, 2009 by dududiaries

Dear All   Greetings from Western Kenya and many thanks to Rebecca and Dana for the kind comments. I feel very honoured that there are people out there who read this blog and care about the little creatures of the world! Just back from the Nandi Hills, and was in the Kerio Valley and West … Read more

Categories Bees, Culture, Ecology, Forests, Pollination Tags dino j. martins, honeybee, Kenya, Nandi Hills, pollinators

A fungus with eyes!

September 19, 2016December 15, 2009 by dududiaries

The Fungus with ‘eyes’….   A couple of weeks ago in northern Kenya I was out in the bush one morning poking through a pile of rhino dung. Black rhinos deposit their dung in large middens at regular intervals. This serves as an olfactory calling card to other rhinos in the area. It is also … Read more

Categories Culture, Ecology, Flies, Fungi Tags dino j. martins, Fungi, Kenya, pilobolus, rhino dung
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