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Cederberg Cave Katydid

Someone in our party had stumbled upon these huge 'cave crickets' on an earlier trip, and took us to see them. I was expecting a cricket, and was delighted to instead see huge katydids. This female was 60mm with her ovipositor. With her long legs spread out, was 150mm, her antennae as long again. They move quietly in the dark chambers made by a water course passing through boulders.
Getting home and looking it up I was happy to see that they were described by Piotr Naskrecki. He says they aren't predatory but move out of the caves at night and eat plants. These are the only known cave-dwelling katydids, from his blog:
"they are highly gregarious, often found in clusters of 20-30 individuals of various ages. The caves they prefer are cold, maintaining the chilly temperature of 12°C (54°F) throughout the year. Their habitat cannot be occupied by bats or hyraxes, which probably quickly do away with the tasty, surprisingly very slow-moving insects, thus limiting the number of available caves (interestingly, when exposed to higher temperatures they become phenomenal jumpers)."

Heleophryne orientalis -
Eastern Ghost Frog. From Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve, Western Cape. https://www.tyroneping.co.za/amphibians-of-southern-africa/heleophryne-orientalis-eastern-ghost-frog/

With Oliver Angus.

I had never seen a clawed frog larger than a couple inches. This monster was approaching 6 inches. I suspected it was a clawed frog at the time, but I really didn't know because of the size. In hindsight, I probably should have brought it home to live in an aquarium. It may have grown so large by feeding on the other amphibians in this playa.

Lubbock Co., TX

Common name: lined Chiton

Habitat types: commonly found in low intertidal and subtidal rocky areas - particularly those covered in coralline algae, its favourite food.

Location found: It was alive and grazing along crusting algae and coralline algae. It was found at 8ft below the surface of Canoe Beach, Nahant

Physical description: the Chiton was 1cm long, segmented, and a brown/purple color

Fun fact: they’re nocturnal