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Wagon Tree (Protea nitida)Observer
tonyrebeloPlace
Kogelbaai, break of slope below Steenberg Mtn, Kogelbaai section of Steenbras Nature Reserve (Google, OSM)
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Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)Observer
nigelmarshDescription
first one I have seen at this spot this year.
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Black Cocktail Ant (Crematogaster peringueyi)Observer
simontamblynDescription
4-5mm
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Jackal Buzzard (Buteo rufofuscus)Observer
mariedelportDescription
Composite Image: We were surprised to observe this Jackal Buzzard hovering in the same spot, similar to the predation behavior of a Black-shouldered Kite.
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False Firefly Beetles (Tribe Drilini)Observer
ziggysawdustDescription
Looking for an ID on the furry red insect on top of the snail :)
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Yellow Chin Bonnet (Pterygodium caffrum)Observer
tracypringleDescription
Garden re-wilding
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Rose Disa (Disa rosea)Observer
tonyrebeloPlace
Valley of the Red Gods to Valley of Isolation to Ark Valley, Table Mountain National Park (Google, OSM)
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White Sundew (Drosera alba)Observer
botaneekDescription
Drosera alba
Bokkeveld Sandstone Fynbos; locally common on seasonally wet rock sheets and moss pads; to 10cm tall
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African Flightless Hangingfly (Anomalobittacus gracilipes)Observer
wesselpretorius
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Cape Boxing Mantis (Oxypilus capensis)Observer
mariedelportDescription
This tiny creature eluded me quite successfully. At first it was posing on the thorny leaf of Barleria pungens but as soon as it spotted me, it started weaving in, over, around and out of grass sprigs. Never allowing a clear shot. Found in an unused plot, where wild plants and creatures are still allowed to be/grow.
Property soon to be 'developed'.
Cape Boxing Mantis? Tiny. Nymph, female?
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Vampirecups (Genus Cytinus)Observer
biankefoucheDescription
in PE...perhaps unusual?
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Spiny Trapdoor Spiders (Family Idiopidae)Observer
debbietaylorsaDescription
I have small burrows with trapdoors under a Bougainvillea bush in my garden. There is a lot of leaf litter under there. Some are closed with lids made with just dust and silk. Some are turrets which appear to be made of dirt, plant material and silk. They are occupied. Tentatively ID'd as Idiopidae by Ian Engelbrecht.
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White-ring Wine-Cups (Geissorhiza radians)Observer
wilferd_mark_duckittDescription
Some neo-alba and semi-alba colour forms at Oudepost today
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African Flightless Hangingfly (Anomalobittacus gracilipes)Observer
wesselpretoriusDescription
Having Cyclosa sp. as meal
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Gall Midges (Subfamily Cecidomyiinae)Observer
sallyslakDescription
Collected 8 Sept 2023.
Eclosed 22 Sept 2023.
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Reclining Date Palm (Phoenix reclinata)Observer
traianbertauDescription
Elephants suck the sap just before flowering commences when sap flow is increased; they don't eat the leaves.
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Southern African Meerkat (Suricata suricatta ssp. suricatta)Observer
fionahellmann
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Family DugesiidaeObserver
peterswartDescription
This was found in the stream in Ronans Well Cave Voorkamer. Dark grey. 10mm when fully extended.
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Lapeirousia barklyiObserver
pietermierDescription
Have never seen them in such mass bloom.
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