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Lacquered Bracket (Ganoderma lucidum)Observer
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Approx height from what I remember is about 7-8 cm. There was just this one singleton found in the area
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Little Sparrowhawk (Accipiter minullus)Observer
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An exceptionally small specimen of a mature male Little Sparrowhawk, abt. 18cm tip to tail!
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Southern Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis ssp. senegalensis)Observer
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Laughing Dove on midday siesta
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Common Ghost Mantis (Phyllocrania paradoxa)Observer
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Leafy-looking Mantis?
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Oysterlings (Genus Crepidotus)Observer
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Unknown Gilled/Bracket mushroom
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Subfamily TineinaeObserver
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A mud cocoon (made with our berea red sand). 15mm in length. 5 of these appeared on our sunny north facing wall a week or so ago. They are anchored to the wall by two tethers at the top (some are tethered with two anchors at the bottom as well).
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Verdant Hawkmoth (Euchloron megaera)Observer
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Green leaf camouflage!
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Verdant Hawkmoth (Euchloron megaera)Observer
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Green leaf camouflage!
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Water Lily Reed Frog (Hyperolius pusillus)Observer
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Tiny reed frog has been residing inside the tube of a small bromeliad-like pot plant. Strangely, there are no ponds or water lilies anywhere near the location found.
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Painted Reed Frog (Hyperolius marmoratus)Observer
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Found on orchid cactus (epyphyllum) plant
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Wrinkled Birddung Crabspider (Phrynarachne rugosa)Observer
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Found in our garden in Durban on the leaves of an Epiphyllum plant.
At first sight looked like a new bud forming on the plant, until it moved!
(Must have legs that fold underneath the body).
It was partly covered with the thick white milky, sticky substance as seen in the photo.
I guess it extracts it from the Epiphyllum plant, as there was damage to the plant flesh.
It was well camouflaged, being the same colour as the plant.
It was about 1.75 to 2.25cm across, had a hard outer skin (crustacean-like exoskeleton?),
not soft bodied at all, and quite flat.
Unfortunately, I did not inspect it fully and cannot recall what it looked like underneath.
(Also had trouble trying to get a close-up photo that was in focus using my brand new
Canon camera which I had not learnt to use yet! Sorry!)
