vynbos 的最愛
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裂螳下目 (下目 Schizomantodea)觀察者
botswanabugs描述
attracted to light. About 6cm long Pink patch under front legs.I kept it in a container for two days and it produced this egg case.https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36328157. I assume the mantis is a female ! There was no male present in those two days.
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Meloe caffer觀察者
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Oil beetle
Topographic position: midslope, burned < 12 months prior to this observation, near thicket surrounding a stream.
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cecileroux描述
Found many of these nests in the grasses in the veld outside Upington, and opened one to find this spider inside.
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屬 Capheris觀察者
wynand_uys描述
Body length 14.5mm
Found on barren soil.
Looked much like a toktokkie in size, shape and gait. Hard to imagine from these photographs but when it walks, it raises it body and really does resemble a toktokkie.
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oswaldkurten描述
Beautiful, but considered a pest in a few African countries (https://cdn.whatsthatbug.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/2010-01_Alert_Rainbow_Shield_Bug.pdf)
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wolfachim描述
Photo and ID by Hanna Roland; ?? larva of:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/10447704
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botaneek描述
local endemic; locally quite common at 840 - 1000m on well drained rocky slopes; infl to 1.7m; reseeder
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Orange-breasted Sunbird pollination?
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屬 Hyperechia觀察者
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The Gate to Hell
Monstrous 50mm bee dismembering a paper wasp of some kind. Perhaps caught nest robbing? Parasitic egg laying?
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尺蛾科 (尺蠖蛾科) (科 Geometridae)觀察者
karenpagel67描述
Geometer caterpillar - moss-camouflaged - ID pse.
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屬 Afreumenes觀察者
bushboy描述
Finally! Got the enterprising artiste
Nest construction in dark passage leading to my study on plaque on cloakroom door. Interrupted her carrying mud ball at 12:19. Happily she came back to smooth the hastily-placed ball after I'd turned on the passage light to get better shots.
By 15:59 she'd completed the nest, leaving the top unsealed to insert her caterpillar host.
Last pic shows an old nest (summer 2018) with sealed top on a wall-hanging on the opposite side of the same passage. The hatched wasp has obviously chewed its way out the side.
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ricky_taylor描述
A gathering of fig wasps on a Ficus tremula leaf. See obs of the tree: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34453684
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muisvoel描述
We've never had to work this hard for a Protea! Brutal ascent to Rabiesberg, only one plant and no flowers in their prime! Next time it will have to be Saw-Edge, @wernert95 and @muonmo :)
We would have explored and looked for more, but time and water was limited. A handful of dead plants in the general vicinity of this one, which I'll post as a separate obs .A couple of flowerheads and seeds strewn around (guessing baboons).
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Ixia helmei觀察者
botaneek描述
first ever photos of this very local endemic, previously only known from Oct 2000 Type collection nearby.
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jeffreymichaelg描述
One of multiple individuals of this species (I'm fairly confident of my ID) flowering in the area burnt in Jan 2019, but displaying an unusual number of petals. A bit of a genetic anomaly I suppose?
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vynbos描述
Young veld (1st season). Fire survivor growing on sandstone on a high altitude ridge in the Koue Bokkeveld
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vynbos描述
winking Glad.
approx 12cm high.
growing in clay on steep rocky Southern slope.
No other plants found in the area.
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flippie1971描述
This Myrmarachne jumping spider does an excellent ant impression of Tetraponera natalensis and T emeryi, I suppose. Put a big smile on my face!
@peterslingsby FYI
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vynbos描述
Redlist Rare: saw 10plants in the riverbed. Area unfortunately has severe Hakea invasion.
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flippie1971描述
This small slender, ringbum ant was found crawling through the leaf litter. I have edited my original size estimation which was too low. After relocating and re-measuring the ant it measures 7mm or just over. I got a few shots off before it disappeared. Will have another look for it tomorrow morning. Interesting one - cannot find it in the book.
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botaneek描述
prev Tittmannia; prob A laxa, but all 4 spp occur here and need to check material in herb; occ in fire refuges amongst rocks
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flippie1971描述
@peterslingsby
Ant mimic Katydid
Caught out the iNat AI also - thought it was a spiny sugar ant :-)
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蜾蠃亞科 (亞科 Eumeninae)觀察者
dewald2描述
Makgadikgadi Saline Grassland (Hyphaene petersiana bush clumps)
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vynbos描述
Lifer
Been looking for this for ages. seen lots of var elegans but never this one. Lots of plants in flower on and around Bertsberg.
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In sand was disturbed by digging.
