23 March 2025 - Cradle Health Spa, Magaliesberg
We treated ourselves to a pamper day in Magaliesberg, so a massage at Cradle Health Spa followed by a chilled breakfast at Green Leaves.
I opted for a 30-minute treatment, whilst my wife went for the 60-minute. After my shower, I had a walk around the Spa completely relaxed looking for invertebrates, as there weren't too many birds to be had in the garden. If you walk slowly and look carefully, it is actually quite remarkable at what you can find, almost all of which I could not identify.
I thought Dragons and Damsels were tough, but Moths are pretty much on the same level. I did manage to find one Damselfly peering over a leaf and quite like the shadow of the body behind the leaf
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| Damselfly sp. |
A couple of Dragon's - I think this is a Epaulet Skimmer
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| Possible Epaulet Skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma) |
And these two, possibly male and female Red-veined Dropwing
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| Possible Red-veined Dropwing (Trithemis arteriosa) |
This I presume is a male and female Grasshopper species
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| Grasshopper sp. |
I managed to flush quite a few different Moth species, if anyone knows their ID's, do let me know - first up
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| Moth sp. |
This yellow Moth, had interesting wing shape
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| Moth sp. |
Not sure of this one either
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| Moth sp. |
This distinctive Moth is a 'Pink' Vestal
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| Vestal (Rhodometra sacraria) |
Only one butterfly which I did ID as Plain Black Eye
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| Plain Black Eye (Leptomyrina h. henningi) |
And lastly a Skink of some sort with a dodgy leg
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| Skink sp. |
By now my wife had showered and it was time for a great breakfast on the outside patio at Green Leaves looking up to the Skeerpoort Cape Vulture Colony above Leopard Lodge - life is good!
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