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Sossusvlei Surroundings Flora and Fauna

A quick guide to Flora and Fauna of the Sossusvlei area and surroundings.

Striped Hawk-moth 1
Hyles livornica
Coeliades forestan 2
Painted Lady 3
Vanessa cardui
Plain Tiger Butterfly 4
Danaus chrysippus
African Clouded Yellow 5
Colias electo
Pioneer White 6
Belenois aurota
Triangles 7
Trigonodes hyppasia
Sundowner moth 8
Sphingomorpha chlorea
Common Fruit-Piercing Moth 9
Eudocima phalonia
Crimson-speckled Flunkey 10
Utetheisa pulchella
Genus Helicoverpa 11
Helicoverpa
Subfamily Larentiinae 12
Larentiinae
Genus Plutella 13
Plutella
Western Honey Bee 14
Apis mellifera
Family Mutillidae 15
Mutillidae
Family Pompilidae 16
Pompilidae
Namib Desert Dune Ant 17
Camponotus detritus
Small pugnacious ant 18
Anoplolepis steingroeveri
Genus Ocymyrmex 19
Ocymyrmex
Subfamily Eumeninae 20
Eumeninae
Belonogaster lateritia 21
Genus Dineutus 22
Dineutus
Family Chrysomelidae 23
Chrysomelidae
Genus Tithoes 24
Tithoes
Anthracocentrus capensis 25
Genus Gonopus 25
Gonopus
Genus Psammodes 26
Psammodes
Genus Epiphysa 27
Epiphysa
Onymacris plana 28
Onymacris rugatipennis 29
Stenocara eburnea 30
Longleg Desert Tokkie 21
Stenocara phalangium
Adesmia cribripes 31
Stag Darkling 32
Calognathus chevrolati
Cardiosis fairmairei 33
Hycleus zigzagus 34
Subfamily Entiminae 35
Entiminae
Julodis humeralis 36
Pachysoma denticolle 21
Pachysoma fitzsimonsi
Genus Clonia 8
Clonia
Corn Cricket 37
Acanthoplus discoidalis
Anacridium moestum 38
Soldier Bug 39
Spilostethus pandurus
Genus Agonoscelis 40
Agonoscelis
Two-striped Skimmer 41
Orthetrum caffrum
Red-veined Dropwing 42
Trithemis arteriosa
Kirby's Dropwing 43
Trithemis kirbyi
Family Rhiniidae 44
Rhiniidae
Subfamily Chrysomyinae 45
Chrysomyinae
Family Tephritidae 46
Tephritidae
Family Tabanidae 47
Tabanidae
Empusa guttula 48
Giant cone-headed mantis 18
Hemiempusa capensis
Family Chrysopidae 49
Chrysopidae
Family Myrmeleontidae 50
Myrmeleontidae
Northern Harvester Termite 51
Hodotermes mossambicus

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