Meerkat
Videos
The meerkat or suricate is a small mongoose found in southern Africa. It is characterised by a broad head, large eyes, a pointed snout, long legs, a thin tapering tail, and a brindled coat pattern. Th
Meerkat Tswalu
Meerkat standing in the Kalahari desert of Namibia
Illustration of meerkats by Robert Jacob Gordon (1777)
Close view of a meerkat. Note the banded pattern, the big eye circles, and the thin tail.
Lepidoptera
Videos
Lepidoptera or lepidopterans are an order of winged insects which include butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 8.6% of the total described
Meerkat
…among themselves for various purposes, such as to raise an alarm on sighting a predator. Primarily insectivorous, meerkats feed heavily on beetles and lepidopterans, arthropods, amphibians, small birds, reptiles, and plants. Commonly living in arid, open habitats with little woody vegetation, meerkats occur in…
Peacock butterfly 2
Deilephila elpenor 04
Face of a caterpillar with the mouthparts showing
Caterpillar prolegs on Papilio machaon