Western and Southern Karoo, South Africa, December 2006

Participants:

Ian Engelbrecht and Randy Mercurio

Expedition funded by the National Science Foundation, USA

Packing the vehicle the night before leaving

The long straight road between Joburg and our destination

We found a swarm of locusts which had been decimated by pesticides

Three Sisters near Victoria West

Into the Swartberg Pass

Plains below the mountains at Beaufort West

The winding road to Die Hel in the Swartberg

Processing what we collectedWorking with reserve staff at Anysberg

WE GOT IT!!!

Camp at Kliphuisvlei, with clouds coming through the mountains

Acknowledgements:• Lorenzo Prendini, AMNH• National Science Foundation, USA• Collette van Deventer, Anysberg Nature Reserve• Danelle Kleynhans, CapeNature• Marietjie Smit, Northern Cape Nature Conservation• Waldo Nel, Grootdrink• Kobus, Linda and Marlette Burger, Grootdrink