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Genus IdactusObserver
arnovandervyverDescription
Observed by using a light trap.
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Genus DuffyoemidaObserver
batili419Description
Body length was around 1.5 centimeters
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Bohemian Twig Pruner (Cloniocerus bohemanni)Observer
deliaoDescription
Photographed in grasslands on Mountainlands Nature Reserve, Barberton, Mpumalanga. No idea what kind of insect this is and will appreciate an id.
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Biasmia guttataObserver
suncanaDescription
A tiny little thing, ridiculously cute.
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Genus CeroplesisObserver
colin25Description
Large, found on a Keurboom tree trunk that had insect damage
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Genus CeroplesisObserver
colin25Description
^Cremora^, the escape artist reared?
A dead keurboom stump, with many wood-boring insect burrows and larvae was covered with shade cloth as left. This was found not inside but on top of the cage around the stump.Links to larva and burrows will follow.
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Flat-faced Longhorn Beetles (Subfamily Lamiinae)Observer
ricky_taylorDescription
Longhorn beetle 3
Attracted to light
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Africophanes amicusObserver
alexanderrDescription
Large Brown Longhorn Beetle
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peterwestonPlace
Garies, Namakwa: The precision of this point could be as slack as -¦ 3 km. Our bus stopped at the visitor centre at Soebatsfontein then drove on for a km or two (or more?) before stopping to let us out to botanise. (Google, OSM)Description
IMGP3523 Beetle on Rhus incisa (Anacardiaceae) Namaqua NP
Narrow-bodied, shiny blue beetlewith long antennae.
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Longhorn Beetles (Family Cerambycidae)Observer
botswanabugsDescription
3-4mm uv
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Longhorn Beetles (Family Cerambycidae)Observer
botswanabugsDescription
at light very small 3.5mm body length. I have only found this once. Sorry the photo is so poor.
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Macrotoma natalaObserver
bushboyDescription
Once I've snipped through this fence, I'll eat all the holiday-makers inside
c. 65mm Longhorn
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Genus AfrasidaObserver
bushboyDescription
Battling on the slick wet tiles
Not happy crawling through a few millimetres of water collected on the kitchen-yard tiles. Released in garden
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Patterned Longhorn (Monochamus spectabilis)Observer
magdastluciaDescription
Came to the garden light
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Large Crane Flies (Family Tipulidae)Observer
alexanderrDescription
Monkey face?
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Genus ParamacrotomaObserver
magdastluciaDescription
2 Longhorns called... Saved the smaller one out of the bucket with rain water. The bigger one flew noisy into the house to the light. Very dark. Could it be Paramacrotoma scabridorsis?
(See The Bates' key https://www.ispotnature.org/communities/southern-africa/view/observation/454505/at-last-a-longhorn-called)
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Genus LitopusObserver
magdastluciaDescription
Injured female metallic green longhorn beetle
