Ha, yeah sure. In english it roughly translates 'wheat cricket'. They're big ugly insects that have been around since the rains in February and March and they eat just about any plant they can find. Their only predators are turkeys, each other, and children who like to play with them, so basically they're everywhere. Only recently since temps have started to go below freezing at night have they started dying off. Good ridance. I have more close up pics on my Flickr photostream if you're interested.
In 2002 I joined a short-term missions team to Namibia in SW Africa, where they say the dust mixes with your blood and you can't help but return. Since then I've been back 6 times, most recently to live for a year as a distributed pastor of Christ's Church of Amherst. This blog chronicles my adventures through stories, pictures, journal entries, and more. Consider this your invitation to join in the ride.
Stephanie playing with a Koringkrik
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ummmm...can you explain what a Koringkrik is??? for us Americans who don't have a clue...
Ha, yeah sure. In english it roughly translates 'wheat cricket'. They're big ugly insects that have been around since the rains in February and March and they eat just about any plant they can find. Their only predators are turkeys, each other, and children who like to play with them, so basically they're everywhere. Only recently since temps have started to go below freezing at night have they started dying off. Good ridance. I have more close up pics on my Flickr photostream if you're interested.
nice...i'll go look! thanks for the translation. i love learning about weird stuff that live in other places.
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