May 27, 2011

 The spider that I have been monitoring and feeding is no longer on the dried flower where it has been since 16 May. 
While searching for it, this little mite caught my eye  - at first I thought it was a small red ant, but it turned out
to be a Jumping Spider. It was moving quite fast over a flat piece of shell and kept stopping briefly to raise its head
and throw its front legs up. Probably trying very hard to look big and dangerous....!

May 26, 2011

A fly on the moon wearing sparklers on it's tail

May 25, 2011

Our new pre-fabricated classroom arrived today, and I was taking photos of the

 offloading procedure - quite a spectacular procedure, I might add!

During this process, a learner came to me with a beautiful caterpillar - I was thrilled because I had not yet found a suitable photo for my journal today.  Quite a colourful character...



Much to my amazement a lizard came along and stole the subject right from under my nose!!
It had been sitting in a nearby tree and darted down fearlessly.



What a handsome chappy - probably a juvenile Blue Headed Lizard.
It made a beeline for the tree but dropped the caterpillar and after much tounge action  the lizard disappeared out of site.  Presumably the caterpillar gave off a foul taste or perhaps poison?
Thank you, sweet child for bringing me the caterpillar!!