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botswanabugsDescripción
attracted to light. About 6cm long Pink patch under front legs.I kept it in a container for two days and it produced this egg case.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36328157. I assume the mantis is a female ! There was no male present in those two days.
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Meloe cafferObserv.
lizegreeniezaDescripción
Oil beetle
Topographic position: midslope, burned < 12 months prior to this observation, near thicket surrounding a stream.
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Thyene ogdeniObserv.
cecilerouxDescripción
Found many of these nests in the grasses in the veld outside Upington, and opened one to find this spider inside.
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Género CapherisObserv.
wynand_uysDescripción
Body length 14.5mm
Found on barren soil.
Looked much like a toktokkie in size, shape and gait. Hard to imagine from these photographs but when it walks, it raises it body and really does resemble a toktokkie.
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Calidea dregiiObserv.
oswaldkurtenDescripción
Beautiful, but considered a pest in a few African countries (https://cdn.whatsthatbug.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/2010-01_Alert_Rainbow_Shield_Bug.pdf)
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wolfachimDescripción
Photo and ID by Hanna Roland; ?? larva of:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10447704
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Moscas de Cabeza Ancha (Familia Conopidae)Observ.
lizd08Descripción
Wasp family? Length less than 1cm. Some red markings.
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botaneekDescripción
local endemic; locally quite common at 840 - 1000m on well drained rocky slopes; infl to 1.7m; reseeder
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Erica brachialisObserv.
jennyparsons_201pringleDescripción
Orange-breasted Sunbird pollination?
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bushboyDescripción
The Gate to Hell
Monstrous 50mm bee dismembering a paper wasp of some kind. Perhaps caught nest robbing? Parasitic egg laying?
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Polillas Esmeralda Y Parientes (Familia Geometridae)Observ.
karenpagel67Descripción
Geometer caterpillar - moss-camouflaged - ID pse.
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bushboyDescripción
Finally! Got the enterprising artiste
Nest construction in dark passage leading to my study on plaque on cloakroom door. Interrupted her carrying mud ball at 12:19. Happily she came back to smooth the hastily-placed ball after I'd turned on the passage light to get better shots.
By 15:59 she'd completed the nest, leaving the top unsealed to insert her caterpillar host.
Last pic shows an old nest (summer 2018) with sealed top on a wall-hanging on the opposite side of the same passage. The hatched wasp has obviously chewed its way out the side.
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ricky_taylorDescripción
A gathering of fig wasps on a Ficus tremula leaf. See obs of the tree: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34453684
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muisvoelDescripción
We've never had to work this hard for a Protea! Brutal ascent to Rabiesberg, only one plant and no flowers in their prime! Next time it will have to be Saw-Edge, @wernert95 and @muonmo :)
We would have explored and looked for more, but time and water was limited. A handful of dead plants in the general vicinity of this one, which I'll post as a separate obs .A couple of flowerheads and seeds strewn around (guessing baboons).
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Ixia helmeiObserv.
botaneekDescripción
first ever photos of this very local endemic, previously only known from Oct 2000 Type collection nearby.
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Moraea luridaObserv.
jeffreymichaelgDescripción
One of multiple individuals of this species (I'm fairly confident of my ID) flowering in the area burnt in Jan 2019, but displaying an unusual number of petals. A bit of a genetic anomaly I suppose?
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vynbosDescripción
only noticed it because it twitched. Pic 4 shows how good its camo is.
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vynbosDescripción
Young veld (1st season). Fire survivor growing on sandstone on a high altitude ridge in the Koue Bokkeveld
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vynbosDescripción
winking Glad.
approx 12cm high.
growing in clay on steep rocky Southern slope.
No other plants found in the area.
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flippie1971Descripción
This Myrmarachne jumping spider does an excellent ant impression of Tetraponera natalensis and T emeryi, I suppose. Put a big smile on my face!
@peterslingsby FYI
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vynbosDescripción
Redlist Rare: saw 10plants in the riverbed. Area unfortunately has severe Hakea invasion.
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flippie1971Descripción
This small slender, ringbum ant was found crawling through the leaf litter. I have edited my original size estimation which was too low. After relocating and re-measuring the ant it measures 7mm or just over. I got a few shots off before it disappeared. Will have another look for it tomorrow morning. Interesting one - cannot find it in the book.
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Seetzenia lanataObserv.
botaneekDescripción
recently burnt clay gravels, common; nectar drops visited by ants
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Audouinia laevisObserv.
botaneekDescripción
prev Tittmannia; prob A laxa, but all 4 spp occur here and need to check material in herb; occ in fire refuges amongst rocks
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flippie1971Descripción
@peterslingsby
Ant mimic Katydid
Caught out the iNat AI also - thought it was a spiny sugar ant :-)
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Avispas Alfareras Y Albañiles (Subfamilia Eumeninae)Observ.
dewald2Descripción
Makgadikgadi Saline Grassland (Hyphaene petersiana bush clumps)
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Garceta Común (Egretta garzetta)Observ.
tjeerddwDescripción
little egret/egretta garzetta
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Synema imitatrixObserv.
flippie1971Descripción
~5mm Crab spider. Male. Garden.
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vynbosDescripción
Lifer
Been looking for this for ages. seen lots of var elegans but never this one. Lots of plants in flower on and around Bertsberg.
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Arañas Comedoras de Hormigas (Familia Zodariidae)Observ.
linkieDescripción
found under a rock if I remember correctly.
