Sunday 8 July 2018

Wildlife in Chad

We have seen some interesting wildlife since we've been living in Chad so here is a selection from photos that we've taken.

The Sun beetle is very common here.

This colony of epauletted fruit bats sleep in the tree next to our house and fly around the compound at dusk.

 Geckos are absolutely everywhere in Chad.


This is the (male) red-headed rock agama

Possibly a rain frog, he puffed up to an impressive size when we found him.


Bethan found this praying mantis soon after we arrived last year


This is a citrus swallowtail or a Christmas butterfly


One of many animals that Bethan has attempted to keep as a pet in our house, this Giant African fruit beetle seems to like its house, probably because of the fresh mango and pineapple that it gets each day.


Our friends found this water beetle and invited us over to take a look and warned Bethan not to try and keep one of these as a pet!


We found lots of these Red Velvet Mites on a walk down by the river last week.


We don't see them very often in N'Djamena but outside of the city, it is common to see camels.


I saw this Red Billed Hornbill when I took part in the ebird global bird count in May (photos taken by A.Wolfe)


            as well as a red-billed quelea (amongst many others).