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Variegated Mud-loving Beetles (Family Heteroceridae)Observer
botswanabugsDescription
attracted to uv
Heteroceridae seem to be more often seen here in March 24 than in earlier months despite extremely dry weather in Feb and March 24.
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Observer
botswanabugsDescription
Attracted to uv .The first time I have seen this sp here in 2024. Cool windy evening with almost no rain for 9 weeks ! Drough in the middle of the rainly season.
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Sennas (Genus Senna)Observer
botswanabugsDescription
bank of Mannonye Creek next to bridge.
Same spot in 2016, when this shrub was not present and the river bank was dominated by tithonia https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78771817
Same plant in July 2023
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173783715
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Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia)Observer
botswanabugsDescription
very few plants during this drought year though there is some shallow water in the pools nearby in Mannonye Creek
Here is an observation of the same place in March 2016 when tithonia was far more abundant. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78771817
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Noogoora Burr (Xanthium strumarium)Observer
botswanabugsDescription
Drought year,
There has been about 250 mm from Sept 23 to March 24
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Hairy Spindlepod (Cleome hirta)Observer
botswanabugsDescription
on roadside. basalt hillside. only three plants seen here.
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Shining Leaf Chafers (Subfamily Rutelinae)Observer
botswanabugsDescription
attracted to uv
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
botswanabugsDescription
attracted to uv
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
botswanabugsDescription
attracted to uv
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Knot-horn Moths (Subfamily Phycitinae)Observer
botswanabugsDescription
attracted to uv
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Fertility Plant (Cyathula orthacantha)Observer
botswanabugsDescription
only a few plants seen so far near the Mannonye creek
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Thorntree Rust Fungus (Cephalotelium macowanianum)Observer
botswanabugsDescription
making galls on vachellia tree sp https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203894790
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Thorntree Rust Fungus (Cephalotelium macowanianum)Observer
botswanabugsDescription
causing call on vachellia sp https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203894790
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African Monarch (Danaus chrysippus ssp. orientis)Observer
botswanabugsDescription
attached firmly to stem of small vachellia sp shrub on roadside in village.
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Umbrella Thorn (Vachellia tortilis)Observer
botswanabugsDescription
with large caterpillar attached firmly to stem https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203994797
Shrub about 1m high on roadside.
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Peruvian Zinnia (Zinnia peruviana)Observer
botswanabugsDescription
Far less abundant in Serowe this drought year. Almot no rain in Feb and March. However this is an area where water collects.
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Western Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)Observer
botswanabugsDescription
Group of about 20 in damp area in village.
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Hibiscuses (Genus Hibiscus)Observer
botswanabugsDescription
Very dry in Feb /March 24. Mannonye creek empty. I saw 5 of these plants this morning here.
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Bindweed Family (Family Convolvulaceae)Observer
botswanabugsDescription
Very dry in Feb and March 24
These plants often found climbing up common flaveria bidentis plants here.
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Jerusalem Thorn (Parkinsonia aculeata)Observer
botswanabugsDescription
Roadside in Serowe near Main Mall being invaded by small bushes. I think these need to be cut and the roots removed !
Here is an observation of the same plants taken in Sept 23 (6 months before), There has been severe drought this summer in Serowe with about half normal rainfall.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/185099400
This sp unlike others has not been beaten by the drought !
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Jerusalem Thorn (Parkinsonia aculeata)Observer
botswanabugsDescription
Perhaps these are the original trees plants in Serowe Main Mall as ornamentals. I think they have spread very invasively along water courses down stream and invading river banks to a very large degree,