On the Eastern Shores of Lake St. Lucia, the amazing diversity of life forms comes in all sizes. The star of this collection of photos showcasing some of the smaller creatures that crossed our path on our recent visit must be the tiny frog that somehow got into my mug while we were enjoying coffee and rusks one morning at Mziki viewpoint near Mission Rocks. Exactly when it got into my coffee is unclear – I had put my mug down a few times to take pictures – and I have no idea how much of my coffee I had shared with the little guy. Joubert only noticed it sitting in the cup when I took my last swig as we started packing up to leave. Lucky for it, I drink a lot of milk in my coffee so it wouldn’t have been scalded.
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DeWetsWild 
Amazing 🙂 Thank you
iSimangaliso is a wondrous place, Mukhamani. Thanks for visiting!
Tog te mooi… en tot ‘n paar bottervliee net vir my!! 😉
Baie dankie, AJ!
That crab is adorable!!
We thought so too, and were glad we could see it reach the sea again unscathed after being washed up by the high tide.
this past week my hubster had a butterfly settle on his book as he read. Such a small little creature, yet brought so much joy. Your images are wonderful
Isn’t that just such a serendipitous moment!
Apparently you are a lot less squeamish than I am. I wouldn’t have been happy to find a frog – tiny or otherwise – sharing my morning coffee.
By the time I realised what had happened it was too late to cry over spilt milk. Had it touched my lip, or even worse gone into my mouth while drinking… that’s just too horrible to consider!
{gasp} I had a gag reaction just thinking about it!
😀
De Wet, maak die Geckos in Natal ook so ñ onaardse skreeugeluid soos dié in Bali?
Hulle maak n kort, skril piepgeluid, nogal baie soos n vlermuis!
It’s easy to forget about the little animals that are as important as destroyers in the food chain. Lizards and butterflies are probably only the smaller of the animals that I myself photographed. I’m going to say that I have some insect phobia, and worms I absolutely don´t touch, since I saw the movie, Squirm when I was about 14 years old. 😀 Some insects as ants is no problem, and spiders can I hold, but they are not insect either. But snakes are no problem, it’s my favorite animals.
Very nice photos, as always, Dries. 🙂
Funny the things that makes our skin crawls, isn’t it, John!? For me it is those spiky armoured crickets and their hissing noises – I want to pass out just thinking of them…
Die klein goedjies word meestal nie raakgesien nie…dankie vir ‘n kykie na hulle,Dries.Gelukkig het die paddatjie nie in jou keel afgegly nie 😝😄
Sjoe ja, ek was baie bly daaroor (en ek glo hy ook!)
Nice gallery of the smaller creatures.
Thank you very much, P J B!
Great!
Thanks a lot!
I especially like that last one! 🙂
janet
Who knew a crab could be so cute?
Thanks for the shots of small wonders. I liked the frog in the coffee story. 🐸
Glad to know that you did – thank you, Siobhan!
That last photo is the winner! Lifting his little shell to say ‘hello.’
The little hermit crabs at Mission Rocks were super cute but surprisingly difficult to get a photo of!
Then you REALLY did great! He is definitely super cute.
Such diversity!
It is astounding!