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Sossusvlei Surroundings Flora and Fauna

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

Order Zygentoma 1
Zygentoma
Striped Hawk-moth 2
Hyles livornica
Coeliades forestan 3
Painted Lady 4
Vanessa cardui
Plain Tiger Butterfly 5
Danaus chrysippus
African Clouded Yellow 6
Colias electo
Pioneer White 7
Belenois aurota
Triangles 8
Trigonodes hyppasia
Sundowner moth 9
Sphingomorpha chlorea
Common Fruit-Piercing Moth 10
Eudocima phalonia
Crimson-speckled Flunkey 11
Utetheisa pulchella
Genus Helicoverpa 12
Helicoverpa
Subfamily Larentiinae 13
Larentiinae
Genus Plutella 14
Plutella
Western Honey Bee 15
Apis mellifera
Family Mutillidae 16
Mutillidae
Family Pompilidae 17
Pompilidae
Namib Desert Dune Ant 18
Camponotus detritus
Small pugnacious ant 19
Anoplolepis steingroeveri
Genus Ocymyrmex 20
Ocymyrmex
Subfamily Eumeninae 21
Eumeninae
Belonogaster lateritia 22
Genus Dineutus 23
Dineutus
Family Chrysomelidae 24
Chrysomelidae
Genus Tithoes 25
Tithoes
Anthracocentrus capensis 26
Genus Gonopus 26
Gonopus
Genus Psammodes 27
Psammodes
Genus Epiphysa 28
Epiphysa
Onymacris plana 29
Onymacris rugatipennis 30
Stenocara eburnea 31
Longleg Desert Tokkie 22
Stenocara phalangium
Adesmia cribripes 32
Stag Darkling 33
Calognathus chevrolati
Cardiosis fairmairei 34
Hycleus zigzagus 35
Subfamily Entiminae 36
Entiminae
Julodis humeralis 37
Pachysoma denticolle 22
Pachysoma fitzsimonsi
Genus Clonia 9
Clonia
Corn Cricket 38
Acanthoplus discoidalis
Anacridium moestum 39
Soldier Bug 40
Spilostethus pandurus
Genus Agonoscelis 41
Agonoscelis
Two-striped Skimmer 42
Orthetrum caffrum
Red-veined Dropwing 43
Trithemis arteriosa
Kirby's Dropwing 44
Trithemis kirbyi
Family Rhiniidae 45
Rhiniidae
Subfamily Chrysomyinae 46
Chrysomyinae
Family Tephritidae 47
Tephritidae
Family Tabanidae 48
Tabanidae
Empusa guttula 49
Giant cone-headed mantis 19
Hemiempusa capensis
Family Chrysopidae 50
Chrysopidae
Family Myrmeleontidae 51
Myrmeleontidae
Northern Harvester Termite 52
Hodotermes mossambicus

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