That's a big mantid....😨😨😨

Arthropod Photo of the Week: April 9, 2025 Weevil Cholus viduatus Coleoptera: Curculionidae By David Turell (davidturell.com/pix), New Hampshire, USA #arthropodPOTW

THE SABER-TOOTH TIGER IS BACK! 🤯🐯 De-extinction at its best, we have edited the genes of a Micrathena spider to bring back the ancient mammalian predator! 😅☠️ HOW COOL is Micrathena evansi from the Amazon, one of the coolest patterns and shapes I’ve seen on a spider! 🕷️🌳🤩

Must we be worried about Climate Change? We are too busy thinking about where we will get the next meal such that whatever is about Climate change is a secondary matter...it's only the rich who seem worried about Climate Change!!

Climate change for someone who needs to survive down here in Southern Africa simply does not make sense. While we acknowledge that we have a problem with our climate, rather, the climate has a problem with humanity, we seem powerless to do anything about it due to our poverty.

I think our focus shld be on adaptation & mitigation, whatever it takes, we must eventually survive the Climate Change onslaught. We can only take initiative, promote innovation & creativity on what resources we have locally. in 🇿🇼 we have indigenous knowledge as a starting point

She is a beauty....

WASP OR MOTH!? 🐝🤯 One of the most incredible mimics in the world, this Tiger Moth (Orcynia calcarata) looks so much like a wasp I was almost nervous holding it! 😳 There are so many tiger moths mimicking wasps in the Amazon it’s crazy! 😯🌳 How amazing is nature! 💛🖤

Still need to get a name for this one...found stuck in crevice at Kushinga Phikelela Polytechnic, marondera

Kindly encourage your children to apply for these technical courses on offer Kushinga Phikelela Polytechnic 🇿🇼

They never get tired....

They were a delicacy before they started declining in numbers....now they are barely noticeable....

Suddenly these guys just disappeared....

This was big....

Male stag beetle Family: Lucanidae Order: Coleoptera

Family: Gryllidae (crickets) Genus: Brachytrupes Common name: Giant burrowing cricket or African field cricket

So we launched the WITED chapter Kushinga Phikelela Polytechnic 🇿🇼 ...we look forward to women driving innovation at Kushinga Phikelela Polytechnic.

Kushinga Phikelela Polytechnic College Acting Vice Principal Mr Munyaradzi Samusodza congratulates innovators at the institution for their excellent value addition researches for scooping the Best Rural Enterprise Exhibitor at the 2026 ZITF.