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True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies (Order Hemiptera)Observer
lynn654Description
Infestation of white fluff on a few garden plants which drains their life sap and kills the plants
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Pagoda Mini-Jade (Crassula pyramidalis)Observer
magrietbDescription
Not my photo.
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Genus DalapaxObserver
fayneconnellyDescription
On 29 June 2022 I submitted photos of the plant hopper nymphs and have waited for them to change. Well 3 months later these pale creamy white moth-like adults with some orange flecks, dots and colour around the face have emerged. The branches of the parsley trees are covered with them. When I have disturbed them they seem to hop before flying to a nearby branch where they immediately settle. It is impossible to capture them in flight they are so fast. Remains of the white planthopper nymphs remain caught on trunks and among the adults and are also scattered beneath the small parsley trees. The parsley trees appear the preferred tree to settle and breed on.
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Highveld Pajamaflower (Colchicum melanthioides ssp. transvaalense)Observer
shobie
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Genus MerusObserver
jane_trembathDescription
Several of these orangy-tan weevils on the plant (Persicaria limbata).
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
rouxnebothaDescription
On Velvet Wild-medlar
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Featherleg Bugs (Subfamily Holoptilinae)Observer
botswanabugsDescription
Is this a nymph.
under rock, gently sloping basalt hillside. Very little soil
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Zululand Holcolaetis Jumping Spider (Holcolaetis zuluensis)Observer
wynand_uysDescription
18.1mm
The biggest female I've seen so far.
Found under the bark of a fallen tree.
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bartwurstenDescription
One of the most wonderful sounds of the Vumba must be the eerie humming of distant fog horns on misty nights. Obviously no fishing port nearby at 1700 m altitude in the mountains, the sounds are the calls of the mysterious Buff-spotted Flufftails in the forests around our house. These birds are often heard but never seen until one day the guy in the photo casually walked into the lounge of our guesthouse and parked himself at our bar. He stayed for quite a while but didn't drink much and he did not become a regular.
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Genus VolvoxObserver
craigpeterPlace
Rd off the Chintsa E rd to Viskop on the north bank of the Cefane River estuary, Chintsa, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Google, OSM)
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Shilouvane Splitnose Weevil (Sciobius angustus)Observer
wynand_uysDescription
12mm
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Gasflame Nudibranch (Bonisa nakaza)Observer
antisocialwhaleDescription
Photographer’s Reef
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
lezanne_rossouwDescription
Fungi
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Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris)Observer
mariskadwDescription
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Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)Observer
troosDescription
Difficult…
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Genus TalinumObserver
wynand_uysDescription
Leaf margins rolled under. Stamens about 20.
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African Leopard (Panthera pardus ssp. pardus)Observer
john3329Description
Adult female relocated and established home-range
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Bushpig (Potamochoerus larvatus)Observer
john3329Description
Foraging on carcass leftovers
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Southern Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros ssp. strepsiceros)Observer
john3329Description
Juvenile killed by adult female leopard
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Cyanotis lapidosaObserver
richardgillDescription
Looks like Tradescantia perhaps, but no idea.
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Genus DalapaxObserver
fayneconnellyDescription
1273 these plant hoppers are far more numerous this year... like the loose bark of the heteromorpha arboresens (parsley trees)...find them in one specific grassveld area
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jane_trembathDescription
Whirling colony of rotifers connected by the feet. About 2-3mm. Every now and then, they would all retract in unison.
Description of Sinantherina semibullata is that it has two dark warts behind the corona. Viewed under transmitted light these are not dark but simply denser tissue.
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Common Spiny Flower Mantis (Pseudocreobotra wahlbergi)Observer
grant_reed_botswana
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Partridge Pypie (Gladiolus permeabilis)Observer
mariedelportDescription
Three different variations seen in Colchester
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Striped Sandveld Lizard (Nucras tessellata)Observer
alexanderrDescription
with @jamesmorton
