Zambian Insects

As you can expect, living in the Zambian bush presents many opportunities for encounters with very large insects. Some of them are rather beautiful and fascinating when you see them close up.

This stick insect was clinging to the meshed door guard:


I think this is a grasshopper:

There are some enormous furry caterpillars...

...and equally enormous ants, who obviously eat the caterpillars:


This is an edible caterpillar, but I haven't tried it!