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Genus MachiloidesObserver
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https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/210870164
and
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/210876575
found together in a small hole in a boulder.
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Genus MachiloidesObserver
peterswartDescription
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/210870164
and
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/210876575
found together in a small hole in a boulder.
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Trilobite Cockroaches (Genus Hyposphaeria)Observer
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Under a bed of moss in a rock crevice
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Genus ParamelitaObserver
peterswartDescription
Found in the stream in the entrance passage of the cave, quite close to the entrance, but in the dark.
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Planarians (Order Tricladida)Observer
peterswartDescription
It appears that this planarian ate at least one and possibly two other planaria. Look at the full sequence of pictures.
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Genus StyloniscusObserver
peterswartDescription
Little isopod, 3mm on rotting wood
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Cryptadaeum capenseObserver
peterswartDescription
Found on a rotting log next to previous observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208572914
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Cryptadaeum capenseObserver
peterswartDescription
There were 3 of these on rotting logs near the cave entrance. The tips of the legs are much lighter than the rest of the animal.
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Handsome Reddish-brown Centipedes (Genus Paralamyctes)Observer
peterswartDescription
This centipede ran out from under a rock when I lifted the rock. It moved very quickly.
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Table Mountain Cave Cricket (Spelaeiacris tabulae)Observer
peterswartDescription
There were lots of cave crickets through out the cave, from the twilight zone deep into the darkest part of the cave. about 20% were very small.
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Horseshoe Bats (Genus Rhinolophus)Observer
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This was the only bat that I saw during the 3 hours I spent in the cave. It was roosting in one of the many recesses in the ceiling. It was aware of my presence but did not fly off, even though I climbed up the wall to within about 2m of it.
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Styloniscus tabulaeObserver
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The stream that runs through the cave runs through a narrow channel in the floor. In part, the channel is full of rotting wood. This bug emerged from the rotting wood and walked along the wall next to the stream. When I tried to maneuver it into a better position for a photograph, it initially tried to hide in a crevice. When that did not work, it ran down the cave wall into the stream and stayed under the water for about 2 minutes before emerging. Another larger version of the same isopod species ran past while I was trying to photograph this one.
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Genus PhanoteaObserver
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When I moved a rock embedded in the sandy floor, this spider ran out. It was probably next to, or on the rock, not under it. This was at the very bottom of the cave.
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Phyxelidid Spiders (Family Phyxelididae)Observer
peterswartDescription
8mm long head/body. These spiders usually hang under a messy web close to the cave floor. At least part of the web is usually on a rotting log.
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Genus MachiloidesObserver
peterswartDescription
These two were in the same place as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202522265. Approx 1m outside the drip line of the cave entrance. The bristletails were in a recess on the wall of the 1.5m wide crack that leads to the cave entrance. Not sure of the gender of either. I could not see an ovipositor, nor could I see the spurs on the maxillipalps.
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Filmy Ferns (Genus Hymenophyllum)Observer
peterswartDescription
On a recessed ledge under a small cliff. The back of the crack only gets direct sunlight in the morning.
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Cape Cave Amphipod (Paramelita capensis)Observer
peterswartDescription
This is a very short cave passage with water still flowing out of it in at the end of April. The water was only a few millimeters deep, and the amphipods were under rocks lying in the water. When lifted, the rocks were covered in a mass of Paramelita. This one appears to be P.capensis. Length 12mm, A1:31 articles, notched coxa 4.
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Phyxelidid Spiders (Family Phyxelididae)Observer
peterswartDescription
These spiders are usually upside down hanging under their messy webs. the webs are usually low down and often on a piece of wood resting on the floor.
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Peninsula False-Violin Spider (Izithunzi capense)Observer
peterswartDescription
This spider was in a messy web at the end of a cul-de-sac passage under a boulder. The spider retreated into the back of the boulder pile when the camera touched its web.
