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15 feb. 2019
a las 05:12 AM SAST
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27 jun. 2024
a las 08:15 PM SAST
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28 ene. 2022
a las 07:29 PM UTC
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White worm foraging on tree roots and moss underwater. 2 to 5cm long
Fecha añadida
17 abr. 2019
a las 02:27 PM SAST
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Good example next to service road 2 km from start of White Elephant trail.
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16 ene. 2018
a las 03:11 PM SAST
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I rarely see baboon spiders in the veld. This one made its presence known by rather frantic running up restio stems. The problem soon became apparent: a very large spider-wasp was standing nearby. We guessed it had already stung the spider and was waiting for paralysis to set in. I suppose some would say that one should let nature take its course, but I can't think of a much more horrific way to die, being eaten alive. So i took it 50m away and left it hidden under a large rock. I guess it will die anyway, though someone said they revived a stung rainspider.
(see pic 2 for retrolateral scopula which distinguishes this genus from other Theraphosidae see danni_sherwood's comments below)
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11 sep. 2023
a las 07:53 AM SAST
Fecha añadida
25 sep. 2017
a las 12:54 PM SAST
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Kleinmond kewertjie
Appeared on my desk after I worked with caterpillar food plants. Tiny, 2mm long at the most.
Fecha añadida
09 abr. 2012
a las 08:03 AM SAST
Descripción
Subantarctic Skua
Solitary bird sitting on the beach; he allowed me to get very close.
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24 ene. 2021
a las 10:11 PM CAT
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14 jun. 2024
a las 12:14 PM SAST
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24 sep. 2021
a las 03:16 PM SAST
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26 may. 2018
a las 01:39 PM SAST
Fecha añadida
30 ene. 2021
a las 09:17 AM SAST
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Found growing in sandy habitat at around 1500 m in the southern Cederberg.
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12 sep. 2022
a las 07:53 PM UTC
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On south facing slope several specimens one of which had been topped by a caterpillar. Base about 2cm high with 2 upward facing skirts and flamboyant green tendrils of up to 4cm.
Fecha añadida
11 jun. 2024
a las 11:48 PM SAST
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13 jun. 2024
a las 11:04 AM SAST
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12 jun. 2024
a las 11:59 AM SAST
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09 jun. 2024
a las 08:00 PM SAST
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09 jun. 2024
a las 08:00 PM SAST
Fecha añadida
10 jun. 2024
a las 08:32 PM SAST
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10 jun. 2024
a las 09:55 PM SAST
Fecha añadida
10 jun. 2024
a las 11:50 PM SAST
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P, site is heavily grazed.
Fecha añadida
11 jun. 2024
a las 08:03 AM SAST
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Hatchling about 10cm long
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07 mar. 2018
a las 05:43 PM SAST
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Erica with tiny flowers past their best. Sticky. Large stigma that is excluded. Hairs with glands. 3nate leaves. Large ovary with ovules present. 4 stamens,no appendages.
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14 ago. 2022
a las 05:02 PM UTC
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Conspicuous glandular hairs on stems and leaves; calyx non-glandular densely tomentose; corolla glabrous.
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29 may. 2021
a las 05:30 PM CEST
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27 abr. 2024
a las 11:34 AM SAST
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03 may. 2024
a las 12:42 PM UTC
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30 abr. 2024
a las 03:40 PM SAST
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04 may. 2024
a las 03:55 PM SAST
Fecha añadida
27 ene. 2021
a las 09:34 PM IST
Fecha añadida
25 dic. 2021
a las 07:00 PM SAST
Descripción
Emerging adult insects in May 2021. Pupae in cut open gall were taken in Sept 2021. These galls are common on all the populations of this dune pioneer grass along the Cape Agulhas coastline.
Fecha añadida
11 abr. 2015
a las 09:41 AM SAST
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Kleinmond midnight moult
Fecha añadida
29 dic. 2016
a las 01:54 PM SAST
Descripción
Long pointy leaves,hairy ovary.
Erica growing in the rocks with long tubular flowers about 15mm or more. Leaves long,>15mm, with sharp points. The sticky tape is 12mm wide as a reference. However the ovary is definitely hairy. No habitat photo. Sandy picked the piece and handed it to me while I was photographing another tiny rock hugging Erica just a metre lower. A few plants in the area. On the redlist as endangered.
Fecha añadida
11 oct. 2018
a las 09:00 PM SAST
Fecha añadida
23 oct. 2015
a las 11:30 AM CDT
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Oruga observada en San Agustin de las Juntas, Oaxaca, México. Posiblemente Acraga Coa.
¿Existe algún registro para Oaxaca?
Fecha añadida
06 nov. 2021
a las 11:51 PM UTC
Descripción
Drawings by Dr. Neels Jacobson
Fecha añadida
22 mar. 2024
a las 02:37 PM CAT
Descripción
Erica pinea x viscaria macrosepala.
Middle flower in close-ups.
Parent plants growing alongside each other. this plant with 4 locules (4 in vis. mac., 8 in pinea), ovary sparsely hairy (hairy in vis. mac., glabrous in pinea), sepals narrowly lanceolate (broadly lanceolate in vis. mac., oblanceolate in pinea).
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24 nov. 2023
a las 11:06 AM UTC
Fecha añadida
07 may. 2023
a las 03:59 PM SAST
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07 dic. 2023
a las 10:39 AM SAST
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07 dic. 2023
a las 02:22 PM SAST
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Guessing!
I was combing through clumps of Eragrostis curvula looking for larval webs of Gorgopis when I came across this sandy, spongy blob, apparently fixed at the bottom of the clump. I pulled on the blob which exposed a robust grass tunnel at the base, which was sunk in to the root area of the grass, I pulled the bag apart - it was made of a tough felty material - but could find no occupants. The bag was flattened horizontally, not vertically in examples I've seen of silk pursers. Any other suggestions welcome!
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28 nov. 2023
a las 09:39 AM SAST
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29 nov. 2023
a las 06:10 PM SAST
Fecha añadida
17 nov. 2023
a las 08:55 PM SAST
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On sandy flats. Lvs ciliate, Lvs opposite
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29 nov. 2023
a las 07:15 PM UTC
Fecha añadida
09 feb. 2019
a las 11:26 AM SAST
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These were small silvery shrubs and quite charming. I'd have liked to be something else.
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07 dic. 2023
a las 10:02 AM SAST
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26 nov. 2023
a las 04:39 PM UTC
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26 nov. 2023
a las 12:23 PM UTC
Fecha añadida
03 dic. 2023
a las 03:07 PM UTC
Fecha añadida
29 nov. 2023
a las 08:57 PM SAST
Fecha añadida
01 dic. 2023
a las 12:04 PM SAST
Fecha añadida
01 dic. 2023
a las 10:59 AM SAST
Fecha añadida
28 nov. 2023
a las 07:54 PM SAST
Fecha añadida
01 mar. 2014
a las 07:07 PM SAST
Descripción
Cape Point Littlefeet
Fecha añadida
14 dic. 2022
a las 10:02 PM MST
Fecha añadida
19 ago. 2023
a las 06:18 PM SAST
Fecha añadida
23 jul. 2023
a las 04:53 PM CEST
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Zaraninge forest, Saadani, Tanzania
Fecha añadida
26 nov. 2015
a las 08:53 PM SAST
Descripción
Kleinmond Othonna I don't know
Little straggler with vertical growing long thin leaves, came up where municipal veld adjacent to the town was control burnt in April 2014.
Fecha añadida
10 nov. 2021
a las 02:52 AM SAST
Descripción
A really strange way to place eggs.
Fecha añadida
28 dic. 2019
a las 08:52 AM SAST
Fecha añadida
25 oct. 2018
a las 10:16 AM SAST
Fecha añadida
25 oct. 2022
a las 05:06 PM SAST
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18/05/2019 die wurm wat verskuil was in 'n web op 'n plant
Fecha añadida
01 nov. 2022
a las 12:18 AM HST
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E albertiniana or burchellii
Fecha añadida
06 may. 2023
a las 09:01 AM SAST
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quite an aggressive interaction was seen between these two chameleons
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02 may. 2023
a las 08:32 AM SAST
Fecha añadida
24 abr. 2023
a las 08:18 AM SAST
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Top of a Granite renosterveld koppie.
Fecha añadida
10 mar. 2023
a las 01:14 PM SAST
Fecha añadida
03 jul. 2019
a las 10:32 AM SAST
Fecha añadida
26 nov. 2022
a las 12:27 PM SAST
Descripción
Geitjie kaping! & New family member(s).
Found on a car in a large, paved parking lot.
Then she escaped from the large holding container and disappeared in my car.
Seen >24hrs later. Stress or likes my car - delivered 2 eggs between head rest and back seat. Ma Geitjie released into the garden.
Now? Where to with those eggs!
Aaaawww
Fecha añadida
14 nov. 2020
a las 07:13 AM SAST
Fecha añadida
01 dic. 2022
a las 12:29 PM SAST
Fecha añadida
26 abr. 2018
a las 06:10 AM SAST
Fecha añadida
09 nov. 2022
a las 10:30 PM SAST
Fecha añadida
30 oct. 2022
a las 09:16 PM SAST
Fecha añadida
04 nov. 2022
a las 01:18 PM SAST
Fecha añadida
02 nov. 2022
a las 10:36 AM UTC
Fecha añadida
30 oct. 2022
a las 09:16 PM SAST
Descripción
Small snake, about the thickness of my small finger. From a distance it looked more like a bunch of caterpillars.
Fecha añadida
09 nov. 2021
a las 01:17 PM SAST
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09 nov. 2021
a las 12:48 PM SAST
Fecha añadida
23 oct. 2021
a las 11:01 PM SAST
Fecha añadida
03 abr. 2013
a las 12:50 PM BST
Descripción
moulting amblypygid
Fecha añadida
30 ago. 2021
a las 07:36 AM PDT
Descripción
The tree on the right is a young A. heterophylla, the tree on the left is a young A. columnaris.
Fecha añadida
07 may. 2022
a las 01:45 PM SAST
Fecha añadida
07 nov. 2013
a las 01:56 PM SAST
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Sir Lowry^s Erepsia the first
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05 mar. 2022
a las 08:57 PM SAST
Fecha añadida
23 ene. 2019
a las 09:14 AM UTC
Fecha añadida
25 oct. 2021
a las 11:43 AM SAST
Descripción
25 Oct: Long, tidily constructed tube sticking up from a hole in the ground. No inhabitant activity seen.
The tube was removed and left next to the hole.
26 Oct: A new small tube had been started overnight. There had been some fiddling with the original tube.
27 Oct: A portion of the original tube had been cut off and attached to the short new tube.
29 Oct: Three more burrows and grass tunnels found in a 2x2m area around the original burrow.
The tube was removed from burrow 2. On re-inspection 4hrs later the burrow entrance had been concealed by cut grass pieces.
The tube was removed from burrow 4 - on re-inspection the entrance had been sealed with a very strong lattice of transparent threads.
30 Oct: Five more tubes found, total now 9 in an area of 4x4m.
20 Nov: Attempted excavation of larva resulted in the lower half of a larva being recovered.
21 Nov: Larva seen (and photographed) moving bits of vegetation in the early morning (04:53) Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoVSiIsogcs
22 Nov: tubes continue to be repaired or replaced.
23 Nov: larva excavated in the early morning and housed, with its host plant, in a bucket covered with shadecloth.
28 Nov: a thorough search of the thick grass was done and 5 more tubes were discovered in the 4x4m area. Interestingly, one tube is considerably narrower than the regular sized tubes and another was found of an intermediate size.
10 Dec: no signs of the captive larva, found it dead and dry under the host grass.
18 Jan: Larvae still active - two damaged tubes were repaired on 18 and 22 Jan
16 March: live larva collected
5 Apr (approx): pupated. See https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/110835074
19 May Adult eclosed. See https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117838457
14 Mar 2023: Second site found https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151118075
Fecha añadida
01 nov. 2021
a las 04:03 PM SAST
Descripción
one can just see the stigma peeping through.
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30 sep. 2021
a las 07:45 AM SAST
Descripción
4 plants seen, smaller in size than a AAA battery. the population is under serious threat from habitat loss, disturbance, and invasive aliens. haven't had luck finding this orchid flowering from three previous search attempts - they don't flower readily.
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23 ago. 2021
a las 02:58 PM CEST
Fecha añadida
03 nov. 2017
a las 06:42 PM SAST
Descripción
Ambush life in a tub
6 Aug 2017:
I collected an adult ambush bug with 10 eggs on Diastella thymelaeoides at Pringle Bay.
17 Sep 2017:
Three of the eggs hatched. I had no idea how I would to keep these chappies alive, and indeed the first hatchling soon died. But then I discovered that they like flies, we had a heatwave and I became an expert at nabbing those tiny little ones on the window with a wet finger. Yum!
The adult was identified by Dawid Jacobs as Narina capensis, please see https://www.ispotnature.org/communities/southern-africa/view/observation/746065/pringle-bay-ambush-bug-with-eggs-currently-being-reared
I hope to double confirm this as soon as the offspring complete their life cycle.
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23 abr. 2019
a las 04:39 PM SAST
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Kleinmond little looper #3 currently being reared
22 April 2019:
Found caterpillar purely by chance on foodplant while I was taking care of the others. It was actually its amazingly dedicated commitment to the I'm-a-twig mode of camouflage that helped me find it - Erica serrata doesn't have straight green twigs! But the colouring is spot on, and indeed whenever I check on it I take a minute or so to find it again.
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28 abr. 2021
a las 10:31 AM SAST
Fecha añadida
17 jun. 2019
a las 10:04 PM SAST
Fecha añadida
10 abr. 2021
a las 06:32 PM SAST
Descripción
This is the Outramps CREW 100,000 obs and we celebrated it with Tilla who is the Head of the Threatened Plants Programme and the CREW Programme. It represents our involvement with plant monitoring from 1992 to 2021. It has been a joyous ride. So thank you all for so many years of fun, laughs and learning. Keep going!
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03 mar. 2021
a las 08:29 PM UTC
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25 feb. 2021
a las 06:52 PM SAST
Fecha añadida
30 jun. 2017
a las 03:16 PM SAST
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Houwhoek Merciera of another kind
In burnt veld less than a year old. Only saw this one plant of this species and am not sure how to go about identifying it beyond genus... Help, as always, very welcome.