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April 16, 2024
04:40 PM SAST
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December 12, 2023
11:08 AM SAST
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December 20, 2021
11:59 AM UTC
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April 30, 2023
02:17 PM UTC
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December 5, 2020
07:04 PM SAST
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May 17, 2019
04:06 PM SAST
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September 1, 2023
06:07 PM UTC
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September 3, 2023
12:26 AM SAST
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May 24, 2023
09:08 PM UTC
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May 2, 2023
12:03 PM SAST
Description
Collected in Whitehouse. Raised in office. Fed on Sporobolus africanus. Cocooned 17/04/23 Hatched 2 May 2023
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May 22, 2023
09:40 PM SAST
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January 24, 2022
01:54 PM SAST
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January 24, 2022
01:54 PM SAST
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September 10, 2022
11:26 AM CEST
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January 26, 2021
07:15 PM UTC
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March 18, 2018
10:50 PM SAST
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April 6, 2023
12:14 PM SAST
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December 27, 2022
04:54 PM SAST
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July 11, 2021
07:49 PM UTC
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June 11, 2015
01:30 PM SAST
Description
Kleinmond grass pillar again
Found walking on my stoep, same as in this ob:
http://www.ispotnature.org/node/567013. I collected it with a tuft of soil and buffalo grass from the lawn into which it disappeared the same night.
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November 8, 2022
06:56 PM UTC
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August 15, 2021
03:39 PM SAST
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October 28, 2022
09:03 PM SAST
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October 20, 2022
05:36 PM SAST
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April 16, 2021
09:23 PM SAST
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April 24, 2021
03:23 PM SAST
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September 17, 2022
04:17 PM -03
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September 17, 2022
04:55 PM -03
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September 30, 2022
10:13 PM SAST
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March 29, 2020
10:08 PM CAT
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November 2, 2020
09:35 PM SAST
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July 5, 2020
04:21 PM SAST
Description
Reared on garden snails.
- Larvae (Collected between 15 and 25 August 2019).
- Pupae (pupated between 15 and 20 October 2019).
- Pupae
- Adult male and pupa (emerged around 12 November 2019).
- Adult female (emerged around 12 November 2019).
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October 16, 2020
12:01 AM SAST
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September 13, 2021
07:36 PM SAST
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May 21, 2022
03:50 PM SAST
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July 28, 2021
05:56 PM UTC
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November 19, 2021
12:32 PM UTC
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March 30, 2021
08:56 PM UTC
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October 1, 2021
11:38 PM SAST
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June 13, 2021
06:39 AM UTC
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August 8, 2021
07:01 PM UTC
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August 24, 2022
08:00 PM UTC
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August 16, 2022
06:07 PM SAST
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December 28, 2018
05:42 AM SAST
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November 12, 2013
12:56 PM SAST
Description
Kleinmond handmaidens (full life cycle)
5 Nov 2013:
Pairs of mating handmaiden moths a common sight these days. I'm calling the habitat wetland as I most often see them near vleiland or some sort of water body, usually in weedy, meadowy areas, roadside verge vegetation and even my own garden. So I collected a couple of pairs and got two batches of eggs.
17 Nov 2013:
The first batch hatched within five days! Now to see if ma can keep these little ones alive, they are so tiny and I'm not even sure what they like to eat yet.
9 Dec 2013:
The caterpillars are eating and growing well. There is a wild clover-like weed that turned out to be an acceptable food plant, interaction and ID to follow.
25 Dec 2013:
I am afraid there was a gap in my record keeping here, but the caterpillars must have pupated soon after 9 Dec to produce a tub full of eclosed adults only 16 days later. Hopefully 2016 will produce more to rear and annotate in greater detail.
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December 2, 2021
09:11 PM SAST
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June 27, 2022
05:16 PM SAST
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June 28, 2022
09:03 AM UTC
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June 27, 2022
05:57 PM SAST
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February 11, 2016
10:53 AM SAST
Description
Eggs
These eggs were about 5mm long.
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June 12, 2022
09:56 AM SAST
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September 27, 2021
11:43 AM SAST
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March 5, 2021
05:54 PM SAST
Description
Rough location. Along river.
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September 4, 2021
05:26 AM HST
Description
I am really not sure but will keep an eye their development
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September 7, 2021
06:14 AM HST
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August 20, 2021
06:20 PM SAST
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August 8, 2021
06:52 PM UTC
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August 8, 2021
01:47 PM SAST
Description
Limestone, very green, much-branched
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May 6, 2021
07:23 PM SAST
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April 24, 2021
07:03 PM SAST
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September 13, 2020
12:41 PM EET
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May 28, 2021
08:00 PM SAST
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November 30, 2019
11:37 AM SAST
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May 10, 2021
09:23 AM SAST
Description
Was crossing the road. Moved it to a safe spot.
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November 26, 2018
11:18 AM SAST
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September 14, 2020
01:43 PM SAST
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April 25, 2020
10:50 AM SAST
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September 14, 2020
11:47 AM SAST
Description
My monkey was looking very unhappy in its container and not eating. In desperation I put it outside on the lawn. It immediately started chomping the grass, so I covered it with the ice-cream container and left it for the night. This morning it has been busy burying itself and spinning a light web. Once it has finished I shall dig out a divot and put it back in the container.
Larva:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/59211372
Place
Missing Location
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February 26, 2018
01:35 PM SAST
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May 7, 2021
09:58 AM SAST
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May 2, 2021
10:01 PM SAST