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December 12, 2019
08:01 PM SAST
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December 09, 2019
11:55 AM CAT
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September 19, 2019
11:54 PM EDT
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December 05, 2019
01:10 PM SAST
Description
seepage area; rare; veld 3yrs old, 15cm
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December 03, 2019
11:16 PM SAST
Description
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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January 29, 2017
08:29 PM SAST
Description
Oil beetle
Topographic position: midslope, burned < 12 months prior to this observation, near thicket surrounding a stream.
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December 02, 2019
03:34 PM SAST
Description
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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May 04, 2019
11:31 AM SAST
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April 28, 2019
06:30 PM AEST
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November 30, 2019
08:56 AM SAST
Description
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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November 28, 2019
03:04 PM SAST
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November 28, 2019
01:39 AM UTC
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November 28, 2019
05:02 PM SAST
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November 26, 2019
05:16 PM SAST
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November 27, 2019
04:14 PM SAST
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November 30, 2018
01:33 PM CET
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November 25, 2019
06:12 PM SAST
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November 18, 2019
08:26 PM CAT
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November 18, 2019
08:29 PM CAT
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November 16, 2019
04:27 PM SAST
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November 13, 2019
08:21 PM SAST
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November 12, 2019
07:00 AM SAST
What
Frutang
(Camptorrhiza strumosa)
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November 12, 2019
06:53 AM SAST
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November 11, 2019
09:05 AM SAST
Description
Listed as EXTINCT, last seen 1804
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November 06, 2019
08:27 PM SAST
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November 06, 2019
07:02 PM CAT
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November 04, 2019
05:01 PM SAST
Description
Wasp family? Length less than 1cm. Some red markings.
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October 24, 2019
08:14 AM SAST
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November 03, 2019
09:25 AM SAST
Description
local endemic; locally quite common at 840 - 1000m on well drained rocky slopes; infl to 1.7m; reseeder
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October 30, 2019
03:36 PM SAST
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May 08, 2019
08:20 AM SAST
Description
Orange-breasted Sunbird pollination?
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March 23, 2013
12:09 PM SAST
Description
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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October 30, 2019
09:16 PM SAST
Description
Geometer caterpillar - moss-camouflaged - ID pse.
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October 25, 2019
01:11 PM CAT
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September 13, 2017
04:58 PM CST
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October 21, 2019
06:42 PM SAST
Description
Feeding on Hodotermes mossambicus
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October 20, 2019
08:40 PM SAST
Description
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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October 19, 2019
07:50 PM SAST
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October 17, 2019
08:48 AM SAST
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October 16, 2019
02:06 PM SAST
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October 14, 2019
01:39 PM CDT
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October 14, 2019
11:54 AM SAST
Description
Found in the stem of a Cycad
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October 14, 2019
11:46 AM SAST
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October 07, 2019
08:32 AM SAST
Description
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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October 11, 2019
08:37 AM SAST
Description
first ever photos of this very local endemic, previously only known from Oct 2000 Type collection nearby.
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October 08, 2019
09:07 AM SAST
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October 08, 2019
01:39 PM SAST
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October 09, 2019
04:46 AM SAST
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October 09, 2019
04:46 AM SAST
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October 09, 2019
04:46 AM SAST
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October 08, 2019
04:34 AM SAST
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October 08, 2019
08:07 PM CET
Description
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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October 08, 2019
04:34 AM SAST
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October 08, 2019
03:49 PM SAST
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October 08, 2019
04:34 AM SAST
Date Added
October 08, 2019
07:46 AM SAST
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October 08, 2019
04:34 AM SAST
Date Added
October 08, 2019
04:34 AM SAST
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October 08, 2019
01:39 PM SAST
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October 08, 2019
09:07 AM SAST
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October 08, 2019
03:49 PM SAST
Description
only noticed it because it twitched. Pic 4 shows how good its camo is.
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October 08, 2019
03:49 PM SAST
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October 08, 2019
03:49 PM SAST
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October 08, 2019
01:39 PM SAST
Description
Young veld (1st season). Fire survivor growing on sandstone on a high altitude ridge in the Koue Bokkeveld
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October 08, 2019
10:57 AM SAST
Description
winking Glad.
approx 12cm high.
growing in clay on steep rocky Southern slope.
No other plants found in the area.
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October 05, 2019
06:12 PM SAST
Description
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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October 06, 2019
01:01 PM SAST
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September 26, 2019
04:06 PM SAST
Description
Redlist Rare: saw 10plants in the riverbed. Area unfortunately has severe Hakea invasion.
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October 03, 2019
08:17 AM SAST
Description
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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October 03, 2019
06:31 PM SAST
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October 03, 2019
06:41 PM SAST
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September 10, 2019
10:29 AM SAST
Description
recently burnt clay gravels, common; nectar drops visited by ants
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September 25, 2019
09:48 PM SAST
Description
~2cm
found on the ground near a seep.
Southern Haweqwa
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November 06, 2018
10:05 AM SAST
Description
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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September 26, 2019
07:42 AM SAST
Description
@peterslingsby
Ant mimic Katydid
Caught out the iNat AI also - thought it was a spiny sugar ant :-)
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September 25, 2019
10:10 PM SAST
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September 21, 2019
02:23 PM SAST
Description
About 12 plants in rocky ridge
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September 11, 2019
05:46 PM SAST
Description
Makgadikgadi Saline Grassland (Hyphaene petersiana bush clumps)
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September 02, 2019
08:59 PM SAST
Description
funky Knersvlakte limestone endemic
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August 27, 2019
08:49 PM CAT
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September 02, 2019
06:26 PM SAST
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July 13, 2019
03:40 PM CEST
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January 15, 2019
04:03 PM CAT
Description
little egret/egretta garzetta
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May 07, 2019
01:59 PM CAT
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August 15, 2019
08:45 AM SAST
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August 11, 2019
08:10 PM SAST
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August 10, 2019
07:04 PM SAST
Description
~5mm Crab spider. Male. Garden.
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August 09, 2019
12:05 AM SAST
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August 08, 2019
02:13 PM SAST
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August 07, 2019
07:04 PM SAST
Date Added
August 06, 2019
12:57 PM SAST
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August 06, 2019
06:48 AM SAST
Description
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.
Date Added
August 05, 2019
08:07 PM CAT
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August 04, 2019
06:47 PM SAST
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August 02, 2019
10:52 AM UTC
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August 02, 2019
07:41 AM CAT
Description
In sand was disturbed by digging.
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July 31, 2019
05:49 PM BST
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June 13, 2019
04:42 PM SAST
Description
found under a rock if I remember correctly.
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July 31, 2019
07:08 PM UTC
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July 20, 2019
08:39 PM SAST
Description
Not 100% sure on species ID.