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Oedipus Longhorn Beetle (Cacosceles oedipus)Observer
hugh1Description
About 50mm long, mandibles included.
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Black Thread Snake (Leptotyphlops nigricans)Observer
hugh1Description
Extremely thin and small snake (I think). About 15cm long and no more than about 4 mm thick. On being disturbed it first fled, then curled up.
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Lumpy Bracket (Trametes gibbosa)Observer
adventurelisaDescription
I'm really not sure what this is. These white fungi always have me stumped.
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Southern Black Sparrowhawk (Accipiter melanoleucus ssp. melanoleucus)Observer
sallyslakDescription
After the bird killed the hen, I set up the camera in case it returned.
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Snow Fungus (Tremella fuciformis)Observer
adventurelisaDescription
Nice find. Caught my eye on the run.
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Lichen Agaric (Lichenomphalia ericetorum)Observer
adventurelisaDescription
Saw a couple of these on this section - but not many. Altitude around 1300m
I was struggling to get my camera to focus properly on it. A friend got a better one - waiting for her photo to add.
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Wolf Spiders (Family Lycosidae)Observer
adventurelisaDescription
Stopped at the first 'water point', a stream crossing just after ladders & chains on the ascent (Day 1, Arangieskop hike). Saw this guy on the rocks where we were siting.
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Mainland African Darter (Anhinga rufa ssp. rufa)Observer
colin25Description
Photo credits: Etienne De Beer.
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Mustard Yellow Polypore (Fuscoporia gilva)Observer
adventurelisaDescription
Took my mom to the orthopedic doc and found these Golden Brackets on a tree stump outside his rooms. Fungi, fungi everywhere.
Also looks like some Cinnabar bracket a bit higher. This must have been a big tree before it got chopped down.
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Narrow-waisted Wasps, Ants, and Bees (Suborder Apocrita)Observer
sallyslakDescription
Reared - see:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/153554072
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/155762001
Collected 4 April.
Pupated 4 April.
Eclosed 16 April
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White-fronted Bee-Eater (Merops bullockoides)Observer
sallyslakDescription
Four birds inspecting holes in the fossilised sand-dunes.
Photos P. Myers Smith
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Klaas's Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas)Observer
sallyslakDescription
In between being fed, the fledgling was also seen to clamber clumsily around in the trees, picking up and swallowing Acraea acara larvae.
Video: https://youtu.be/qWjIxIgsqfc
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Ruitersbos Firelily (Cyrtanthus debilis)Observer
sallyslakDescription
Growing in the middle of a mowed trail.
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Biting Midges (Family Ceratopogonidae)Observer
sallyslakDescription
On a rush lying on the surface of the stream.
Video of wormy things: https://youtu.be/6QzawVsJ6eI
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Southern Malachite Kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus ssp. cristatus)Observer
colin25
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Spotted Veld Antlion (Palpares speciosus)Observer
sandrafDescription
Thank you sallyslak, gogga whisperer!
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Redfins (Genus Pseudobarbus)Observer
sandrafDescription
Fish jumping attempts from small pool to bigger upper pool below a waterfall. Length of slope about 3m at 45°. Furthest they got was halfway up. An impressive display!
The stream runs through Afrotemperate Forest.
Could be this - but I know nothing about fish!
http://speciesstatus.sanbi.org/assessment/last-assessment/187/
Pseudobarbus sp. nova ‘Forest’
And closest to here Pseudobarbus afer:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45588140
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?locale=en&place_id=113055&preferred_place_id=113055&subview=table&taxon_id=110934
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Dog Vomit Slime Mold (Fuligo septica)Observer
adventurelisaDescription
What a win! And a very decent sized portion too.
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Malgas Lily (Ammocharis longifolia)Observer
sandrafDescription
Likely planted
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East African Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides typus ssp. typus)Observer
sandrafDescription
Large tail feather. Nest nearby in patch of eucalypts. See: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138633108
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Puffadder Shyshark (Haploblepharus edwardsii)Observer
michelle_behrensDescription
Egg of Pajama Shark
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Cape Girdled Lizard (Cordylus cordylus)Observer
sallyslakDescription
Prey item cached by Common Fiscal.
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Green Algae (Phylum Chlorophyta)Observer
emily3332Description
Rocky shore seaweed
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Knysna Warbler (Bradypterus sylvaticus)Observer
sallyslakDescription
Video: https://youtu.be/mWnC_Q7JmOQ
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Agathosma microcarpaObserver
sandrafDescription
Large population. Small shrublets. Pictures of several plants combined for this observation. Growing in a transition zone of thicket to renosterveld
