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Common Moleroman (Chelypus hirsti)Observer
rachel_graceDescription
Ran across the road really fast in broad daylight, every bird in the vicinity wanted to have it for lunch!
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Arrow Sphinx (Lophostethus dumolinii)Observer
ryanvanhuyssteenDescription
SVmp 3 Cathedral Mopane Bushveld
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Groundselbush Beetle (Trirhabda bacharidis)Observer
wildcarrotDescription
Larva. Saw over a dozen of these.
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Giant Conehead Mantis (Hemiempusa capensis)Observer
wolfachimDescription
male species; Photos and ID by Hanna Roland
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Cazira verrucosaObserver
vipinbaligaDescription
I was stunned to see a complete demon like face on this bug..!!
To me this face is complete with the beautiful crown formed by the limbs... :-)
size: 1cm approx
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Eudocima iridescensObserver
davidgwhiteDescription
I have too many moths to add here.But this one was exceptionally beautiful. ID from a moth expert . This one was sitting on my kitchen wall. After I took the photo she flew away and never revisited me.
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Cerocranus extremusObserver
damienbrDescription
Cerocranus extremus, Kuschel 2008
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Hose-nosed Weevil (Antliarhis zamiae)Observer
colin25Description
Just for interest, added cycad seeds being sorted . Nobody seems to know who brought them in or where they came from, but many of the seeds have similar holes, similarly empty. None of our cycads have cones now, so thinking this beastie came in with the seeds.
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Red Fungus Bug (Achilus flammeus)Observer
possumpeteDescription
Great night with the light traps set up at Sheoak, Lorne. With @johnlenagan and @kallies
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Geminaria canalisObserver
kuedaDescription
a) The jumping spider resemblance is insane. b) The range of sizes among adults is insane. What is up with this fly.
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Common Sawflies (Family Tenthredinidae)Observer
anand_jamesDescription
Size: less than two cm
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Sombre Twig Pruner (Cloniocerus kraussii)Observer
gigilaidlerDescription
Here^s looking at you, Kid... and we have a lift off
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Brown Flower Crab Spider (Thomisus scrupeus)Observer
wynand_uysDescription
Body length 3.5 mm.
Found in forest understory
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Common Bark Katydid (Cymatomera denticollis)Observer
magdastluciaDescription
Critter with looong antennae
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African Reticulate Beetle (Tenomerga leucophaea)Observer
botaneekDescription
Tenomerga again
clearly a viable local population of this oddity here, as I found this one in my house, alive and well. Wonder if it is associated with east coast plant species introduced and well established in this area, like Ekebergia and Harpephyllum?
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Common Moleroman (Chelypus hirsti)Observer
tuliDescription
Dwarf Solifugid
strange little beastie scurrying around, very rapidly, in the sand between the grass clumps on a sparsely vegetated railway reserve; fast moving so had to be trapped in a cut off 2 lt coke bottle for photographing. Is it deformed? [answer NO, this is what Moleromans look like] if so, it certainly didn't hamper its mobility, and what about those armaments - the 2nd and 3rd legs have rows of pink vicious-looking spines ventrally and laterally while the palps end in a whole cluster of spines, like mace heads. I think in the 2nd photo there is a thin first leg just visible below the righthand palp
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Large-scale Snake Lizard (Chamaesaura macrolepis)Observer
tyronepingDescription
Chamaesaura macrolepis - Large Scale Grass Lizard. From Camperdown, KwaZulu-Natal. www.tyroneping.co.za/lizards/chamaesaura-macrolepis/
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Boto (Inia geoffrensis)Observer
schaferphoDescription
Amazon River Dolphins or Botos (Inia geoffrensis) Mother and Calf underwater in Flooded Forest, Rio Negro, Amazonia, Brazil
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Sparrmannia alopexObserver
rjbassonDescription
Found at light trap (UV light)
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Smaller Variable Fruit Chafer (Elaphinis delagoensis)Observer
bushboyDescription
Just one more pretty beekle
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Schinz's Beaked Blind Snake (Rhinotyphlops schinzi)Observer
herpguyDescription
This Blind Snake was found on the road at night 48 km east of Springbok in Cape Province of South Africa. At 283 mm total length it is the largest specimen known of this species.
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Spotted Oceanic Triggerfish (Canthidermis maculata)Observer
neotropicalmigrantDescription
Not my image, not my observation, location is certain. Posting it because it is spectacular and to the best of my ability I can’t find reference to any triggerfish like it
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Genus MicrocaeculusObserver
peterwebbDescription
About 2-3mm long, found under a rock on the soil surface, in grassland, weird.
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Genus ParagreuocorisObserver
peterwebbDescription
ambush bug
First put onto i Spot on the 22nd Feb as a nymph, this was kept and looked after until fully grown. Had its last moult 5 days ago, and this is the end result.
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Western Dwarf Burrowing Skink (Scelotes capensis)Observer
herpguyDescription
This skink was found during the day under rocks on a small plateau off the main road 30 km east of Aus in Luderitz District in eastern Namibia.
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Genus PachyballusObserver
jonathan_whitakerDescription
Looks like Pachyballus miniscutulus, which would extend that species' range to Zimbabwe. Found by @spidermandan, original observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/140392839
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Piebald Longleg Toktokkie (Stenocara eburnea)Observer
gerhard_diedericksDescription
Stenocara eburnea - Namib Desert
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Bracken Stink Bug (Erachtheus lutulentus)Observer
mkriekDescription
besie
These were only found on bracken, and in an escarpment type of environment.
