The SB Hammarsdale team did a day's 'Plant bash' today. We concentrated on invasive aliens and bush encroachment, but Philip Hayward found this amazing fruit - and according to Wikipedia, it's edible!
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126238-Cucumis-metuliferus
The full list will be available when we've got all the identifications in. Steve saw several butterflies that were too fast to photograph:
Junonia orithya madagascariensis - African Blue Pansy
Junonia oenone oenone - Dark Blue Pansy
Catacroptera cloanthe - Pirate
Catopsilia florella - African Migrant
Lachnocnema laches - Southern Pied Woolly Legs
Telchinia cabira - Yellow-banded Telchinia
Terias brigitta - Broad-bordered Grass Yellow
Danaus chrysippus orientis - African Plain Tiger
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