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Muddled Satin (Geissorhiza confusa)Observer
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Looks very similar but has yellow insides.
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Vlei Viooltjie (Lachenalia contaminata)Observer
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Short speckled stem with white flowers.
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Common Butterflylily (Wachendorfia paniculata)Observer
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Multiple flowers on stem. Peach flower. Narrow leaves
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Cape Cowslips (Genus Lachenalia)Observer
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A small brown Lachenalia, with a plain stem. No patterns.
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Cape Cowslips (Genus Lachenalia)Observer
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A short, yellow Lachenalia
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Baboon Root (Genus Babiana)Observer
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I think it might be Babiana angustifolia, but the two dark dots are confusing
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Karoo Sand Snake (Psammophis notostictus)Observer
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Tail was around 20cm.
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Red-lipped Snake (Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia)Observer
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Found him under some black plastic in my garden
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Tuber Storksbills (Section Hoarea)Observer
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Flowers 5 to 8 cm from the ground. No leaves detected
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Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)Observer
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Missing DateWhat
Wolf Spiders (Family Lycosidae)Observer
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Looked like a wolf spider, with babies on her back?
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Perching Birds (Order Passeriformes)Observer
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3 baby birds. Nest on the ground, under some grasses. Approx 5cm big. Babies were approx 2cm. The mom looked a lot like the Sparrow, but only glimps her as she fled the nest.
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Cape Legless Skink (Acontias meleagris)Observer
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Found him in a pile sand that we dug out of our garden.
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Magenta Rustgill (Gymnopilus dilepis)Observer
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Mushrooms growing out of an old cork tree stump
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Black Girdled Lizard (Cordylus niger)Observer
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All black, spiky tail ( end piece missing)
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Cape Honey Bee (Apis mellifera ssp. capensis)Observer
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Bee nest in Grevillia robusta