Dikokonyana tsa Richtersveld
Karolo ya Bohlokwa
Dikokonyana di phetha karolo ya bohlokwa lefatsheng la Richtersveld ha di kenya letsoho dijong tsa mefuta e mengata e kgolonyane, hape di na le boikarabello ba ho silafatsa dimela tse ngata. Jwalokaha ho tlwaelehile jwalo, dikokonyana ke diphoofolo tse ngata ka ho fetisisa ka dipalo, hammoho le mefuta ya tsona. Jwaloka diphoofolo tse ding tse phelang mona, dikokonyana di na le mekgwa e mengata ya ho atleha sebakeng sa lehwatata.
Mekgwa ena ya ho pholosa e kenyeletsa: diaparo tsa mmele tse bolokang metsi, dikhemikhale tse kgethehileng tsa dikhemikhale tse hlahisang mongobo o ka hare, le mekgwa e bohlale ya ho phunyeletsa e thusang hore e kopane le majwe. Mefuta e meng ya mefuta-futa e tsejwa hape ka ho pata ho fihlela ho metha e 20 tlasa lehlabathe ho fumana tafoleng ya metsi. Mefuta e seng mekae ya mefuta-futa e boetse e fetohile ka matsoho le dimela tse kgethehileng mme di fetohile ka tsela e ikgethang bakeng sa ho "tshwanela" dipalesa tsena.
Dihlopha tsa Dikokonyana
Ho na le dihlopha tse mmalwa tsa dikokonyana: di iphepi tse ka sehloohong (tse jang dimela le/kapa lero), di iphepi tsa bobedi (tse jang di iphepi tse ka sehloohong) le di iphepi tsa detritus (tse lelekisang dikokwana-hloko le dikotwana tse pota-potilweng ke moya). Ho tsamaisa peo ho etswa haholo ke dinotshi (haholo-holo dinotshi tsa mapolanka), ditshintsi tsa dinotshi le dihlopha tsa peo e phofo (mefuta e fapa-fapaneng ya dimela tsa peo ya phofo karolong e ka bophirimela ya Afrika e ka borwa ke hara tse phahameng ka ho fetisisa lefatsheng). Mefuta e meng ya dikokonyana e kenyelletsa: ditsie tsa di milkweed, dikgola-bolokwe tsa sekolopata, dikgola-bolokwe tsa blister, maleshoane, marutle, marutle a fatshe, marutle a majwe, serwalankgwana, mafokolodi, lefokolodi, di cicada, ditshintsi le tse ding tse jwalo.
Di Rurubele le Botsikwane
Ho na le mefuta e mengata ya serurubele e ikgethang mona, ho akarelletsa le Namaqua Arrowhead, mefuta ya Boland Tholly, Mohlabani wa silevera ya koporo le Roseate Emperor (ha e le hantle mothanyana o fofang letsatsi). Mmoto (e tsejwang hape e le fishmoths) e teng Richtersveld mme sebakeng seo ho na le mefuta e meholo ka ho fetisisa ya botsikwane bona lefatsheng, ho kenyelletsa le mefuta e mengata ya dikokonyana. Mmoto ke e thahasellisang e menyane: e hlahella mantsibuya, e tlosa makgakgapa a yona, e hola dikgahla tse nyane, ha e na sethala sa mokene kapa popane (kahoo e hlaha ka botlalo ho mahe a yona) mme e fumana mongobo ka diphatsa tsa lefutso tse dibonong tsa yona - tse qhekellang haholo, ha o nahana ka yona. Ka tsela, sejo se tlwaelehileng sa fishmoth (se jang diaparo tsa hao) ha se matswallwa a Afrika Borwa.
Bogeymen
Arachnids, di bogeymen tse nang le maoto a marobedi a lefatshe, di eme hantle ho Richtersveld. Tsena di kenyelletsa sekgo, sekgo sa buck spoor, dikgo tsa Sicarius, sekgo se setsho se nang le chefo le dikgo tsa letsatsi kapa Baroma (ho kopanyelletsa le mefuta e mene e tlwaelehileng ho Richtersveld). Malapa a mararo a phepheng a boetse a fumanwa mona, ho kopanyelletsa le di phephepeng tse fatshe, di phepheng tsa majwe le di phepheng tse mehatla e me tenya (mefuta e mmalwa ya tsona e leng e nngwe ya tsona Afrika Borwa e chefo ka ho fetisisa). Kahoo, haeba o hloma diahelo sebakeng seo, o se ke wa lebala ho hlahloba dieta tsa hao hoseng!
Translated by
Bongani Matabane
