Zwikhokhonono Richtersveld

Mushumo Muhulwane

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Hezwi zwikhokhonono zwina mushumo muhulwane Richtersveld ngauri zwi ya dzhenelela kha kuḽele kwa zwimela zwinzhi, zwa dovha zwa vha zwone zwine zwa vha na vhuḓifhinduleli ha u bebisa vhunzhi ha zwimela.
Sa kha nyimelo inwe na inwe. Zwikhokhonono ndi zwone zwithu zwinzhisa musi ro tou sedza mbalo ya hone na tshaka dza hone. U fana na zwinwe zwipuka zwine zwa dzula hafha, zwikhokhonono zwo wana nḓila ya u tshila sogani.
Hedzi nḓila huvha ho katelwa na: zwa u vala muvhili une wa kona u fara maḓi, na nḓila ine ya vha uri ndi ya mvelo ya u ita uri zwi songo vhonala uri zwi kone u dzhena kha matombo. Zwinwe zwi ḓivhelwa u ḓi vhulanga lune zwa swikisa 20m u tsela fhasi uri vha kone u wana maḓi. Zwinwe zwo ḓi wanela nḓila ya u dzula kha zwimela.

Zwigwada zwa Zwikhokhonono

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Huna zwigwada zwo fhambananaho zwa zwikhokhonnono: zwine zwa ḽa zwimela, na zwinwe zwa ḽa hezwi zwine zwa ḽa zwimela, na zwine zwaḽa zwoṱhe zwikhokhonono. Zwa u bebisa zwiiteswa nga dzi ṋotshi dzine dzo no vhonala ndi carpenter bees), bee flies na pollen wasps (hei ya pollen wasps ine ya vha kha zwipiḓa zwa southern Africa ndi yone ine ya vha nnṱha kha ḽifhasi).
Zwinwe zwikhokhonono hu vha ho katelwa: milkweed locusts, tortoise beetles, blister beetles, monkey beetles, mouldy beetles, crickets, ground grasshoppers, stone grasshoppers, praying mantids, millipedes, centipedes, cicadas, flies na like.

Zwisuse na Bug

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Na tshaka dza zwisuse nnzhi dzi ya wanala, ho kateliwa Namaqua Arrowhead, nwana wa Boland Tholly, Warrior silver spotted copper na Roseate Emperor ine ya fhufha na masiari.
Silverfish (ine ya ḓivhiwa nga ḽa fishmoths) dzi hone kha ḽa Richtersveld hafha fhethu ndi haya ha hedzi dzi bug kha ḽifhasi.
Silverfish dzi ya takadza nahone ndi dzi critters ṱhukhu: nahone dzi vhonala hu vhusiku, dzi tshi khou bvisa lukanda lwadzo, hu tshi hula zwithu zwiṱuku, adzi na tshifhinga tsha u hula dzi bebiwa dzo hula dzi wana maanḓa kana vhutshilo nga zwipiḓa zwa muvhili kha vhudzimu zwine zwi ya ḓaḓisa musi u tshi khou zwihumbula, zwavhuḓi-vhudi fishmoth yo ḓoweleyaho ine ya ḽa zwiambarao zwa vhathu asi ya Afrika tshipembe.

Zwivhunbwa Zwivhi

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Arachnids, zwivhumbiwa zwa milenzhe ya malo kha ḽifhasi ḽa zwikhokhonono, dzi hone kha ḽa Richtersveld. Hezwi ho kateliwa trapdoor spider, buck spoor spider, Sicarius spiders, t black button spider ine ya vha na vhuṱungu vhukuma na sun spiders kana Romans (hokateliwa na zwinwe zwiṋa zwine zwa vha hone kha ḽa Richtersveld).
Miṱa miraru ya phame i ya wanala nayo, ho kateliwa ground scorpions, rock scorpions na thick-tailed scorpions (dzinwe ndi tshaka dzine dza vha hone kha ḽa Afrika Tshipembe dzine dza vha khombo vhukuma). Zwino, arali u tshi khou gammba kha vhono vho vhupo, ni songo hangwa u sedza zwienda nga matsheloni!

Translated by Khalirendwe Nekhavhambe