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Red-billed and Yellow-billed Hornbills (Genus Tockus)Observer
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Species record of date and place. Apologies for poor images under challenging photographic conditions
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Natal Masked Weaver (Ploceus velatus ssp. nigrifrons)Observer
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Species record of date and place. Apologies for poor images under challenging photographic conditions
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Namibian White-backed Mousebird (Colius colius ssp. damarensis)Observer
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Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata)Observer
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Species record of date and place. Apologies for poor images under impossible photographic conditions
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Coppery-tailed Coucal (Centropus cupreicaudus)Observer
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True Coords: -17.850987 , 19.675334
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Damara Yellow Canary (Crithagra flaviventris ssp. damarensis)Observer
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Shiny Heaths (Section Lamprotis)Observer
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Blacktip Heath
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Species record of date and place. Apologies for poor images under challenging photographic conditions
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Bradfield's Lark (Calendulauda sabota ssp. bradfieldi)Observer
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Species record of date and place. Apologies for poor images under challenging photographic conditions.
Too much vegetative interference for a single clear image…. Thus a“ progressive disclosure” observation
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Cape Starling (Lamprotornis nitens)Observer
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Species record of date and place. Apologies for poor images under challenging photographic conditions
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South African Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius ssp. capensis)Observer
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Yellow eyebrow and yellow wing panel
Species record of date and place. Apologies for poor images under challenging photographic conditions
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Calyptrate Flies (Zoosubsection Calyptratae)Observer
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Iridescent fly
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Hairy Capespinach (Trachyandra hirsuta)Observer
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Trachyandra brachypoda
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Common Donkeyfig (Mestoklema tuberosum)Observer
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Spiny Delosperma
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Partridge Pypie (Gladiolus permeabilis)Observer
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Photos taken early evening. Colours may be more saturated.
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Narrow-leaf Floating Pigmyweed (Crassula natans var. minus)Observer
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Karoo Indigo (Indigofera sessilifolia)Observer
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Indigofera
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Yellow-flowered Ghaap (Hoodia flava)Observer
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Hiding Hoodia
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Ball Brightfig (Lampranthus glomeratus)Observer
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Another Peninsula Vygie
Leave triangular in cross section, with a sharp tip, dotted,.
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Leafy Purplegorse (Muraltia thunbergii)Observer
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soft fluffy pea
Soft fluffy pink pea to 30cm. Not spiny at all. Looks like Muraltia but is really very soft!
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Peninsula Velvetworm (Peripatopsis capensis)Observer
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Newlands Forest Trail Bench, Newlands Ravine, Table Mountain (Nature Reserve), Cape Town, South Africa (Google, OSM)
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Carbuncle Purplegorse (Muraltia comptonii)Observer
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Likely to be this. The only one I can find that fits. From Cape Plants. Sprawling glabrescent shrublet, Leaves sessile, solitary or tufted, liniar to lanceolate, villous below, often recurved above. Flowers sessile axillary pale pink pink, calyx at least half the length of the corolla; capsules shortly horned. Nov - Jan Coastal slopes, Peninsula - Betty's Bay.
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Images from M. Levyns' book are included. andrewm found the book online here: https://archive.org/stream/botanysupplement02unse/botanysupplement02unse_djvu.txt
See discussion here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53466946
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Kalahari Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis ssp. hofmeyri)Observer
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Springbok - Koigab River Area
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Leafy Purplegorse (Muraltia thunbergii)Observer
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From Cape Plants: Sprawling, laxly branched subshrub to 30 cm, pilose on young parts. Leaves sessile, imperfectly fascicled, linear-lanceolate, pilose below, with spiny tip often reflexed. Flowers on short pedicels, axillary, pale pink, calyx about half as long as corolla. Capsules hispid, prominently horned. July-Sept. Sandstone slopes, SW (Cape Peninsula)
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Common Lichens (Class Lecanoromycetes)Observer
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Top Lichen
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Cape Clawless Otter (Aonyx capensis ssp. capensis)Observer
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A couple of otters feeding in a little inlet at Olifantsbos provided a rich reward for iNatting actvities during the City Nature Challenge 2019
Video here: https://youtu.be/0BmSevhiQQk
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Gold Twig Pruner (Cloniocerus aureovittatus)Observer
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Fancy Aerials
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Bulb Arrowgrass (Triglochin bulbosa)Observer
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Too Tiny
Found At Morkal Cottage Conservation Area Approximately 10cm tall. Minute flowers look fluffy under hand lanes
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Karoo Rainspider (Palystes karooensis)Observer
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Golden Pagoda Ridge, Paardepoort West, northern foothills of the Outeniquas, South Cape DC, South Africa (Google, OSM)
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Octococcus africanusObserver
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Cedarberg Shale Band Sleepad Hut to Die Rif near Blomfontein: Cedarberg Wilderness Area (Google, OSM)Description
Waxbug on Renosterbos
Tried to get the wax off the bugs and just squished them.
What is the easiest way to photograph the actual bug?
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