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Tribe BrachininiObserver
sallyslakDescription
Inspecting holes in the path after dark. Briefly incarcerated to allow for mug shots.
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Cape Serotine (Laephotis capensis)Observer
sallyslakDescription
Puzzled by some bat droppings hanging below a picture on a wall on the stoep, I removed the picture - two very sleepy bats plopped on to the work surface below.
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Elegant Grasshopper (Zonocerus elegans)Observer
sallyslakDescription
I expect my desired title would be censored, but it starts with "cluster".
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Typical Weevil Wasps and Allies (Genus Cerceris)Observer
sallyslakDescription
Sleeping on some grass.
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Brown Tricolour Tiger Moth (Rhodogastria amasis)Observer
sallyslakDescription
On unknown aster.
Reared CRG SDA52:
Collected 20 Nov 2023.
Pupated 28 Dec 2023.
Eclosed 10 March 2024.
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Bark Spiders (Genus Caerostris)Observer
sallyslakDescription
Assuming they belong to the spider with a web attached ...
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202656073
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Fuller's Rose Weevil (Pantomorus cervinus)Observer
sallyslakDescription
On Erigeron.
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Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)Observer
sallyslakDescription
Singing in riverbank vegetation.
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Long-crested Eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis)Observer
sallyslakDescription
I'm sorry, I left the camera behind so only have very poor phone shots. But there were two birds, about 50m apart.
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Observer
sallyslakDescription
In a cocoon on a Searsia leaf.
The gall wasp is here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201116535
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Genus EupelmusObserver
sallyslakDescription
In a gall on a Searsia leaf.
The Ichneumonid is here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201116536
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Gypsonoma paradeltaObserver
sallyslakDescription
Larva found in a shelter on a leaf of Trimeria grandifolia.
Collected 27 Jan 2024
Pupated 12 Feb 2024
Eclosed 2 Mar 2024
Same as this rearing, although the latest larva is much redder https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200072423