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October 20, 2024
09:01 AM SAST
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October 10, 2024
08:22 AM SAST
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October 11, 2024
05:08 AM UTC
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September 13, 2024
09:39 PM SAST
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November 1, 2021
09:13 PM SAST
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October 18, 2020
11:03 PM SAST
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January 1, 2021
10:09 PM SAST
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November 28, 2021
07:34 PM SAST
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October 29, 2020
06:59 PM SAST
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November 8, 2023
05:20 AM UTC
Description
Note the ant inside flower
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April 19, 2018
05:12 PM SAST
Description
one plant found in a recently burnt area
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September 14, 2018
06:57 PM SAST
Description
Silvermine beauty.
these ones spotted in the first season post fire, I didn't see them again the following year
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September 19, 2024
06:08 PM UTC
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October 26, 2023
10:30 PM SAST
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December 4, 2022
09:16 PM SAST
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October 8, 2022
01:24 PM UTC
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May 20, 2021
10:08 PM SAST
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February 25, 2021
10:49 AM SAST
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October 6, 2013
08:29 PM SAST
Description
Idiops
relatively large spider. Found three in one night and all were incredibly aggressive/defensive.
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October 1, 2023
06:50 PM UTC
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September 12, 2024
11:39 AM UTC
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June 24, 2022
06:53 PM SAST
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November 16, 2020
11:44 AM MST
Description
This is actually a new species of Aphonopelma that was discovered by Michael Jacobi (@michael_jacobi) and Dr. Brent E. Hendrixson in October 2019. Species is currently being described by Dr. Chris Hamilton; species name will be announced in his upcoming scientific publication. I also shot video since it was difficult to focus as it quickly scurried across the ground on a hillside that was badly burned in the 2011 Horseshoe 2 Fire.
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September 1, 2014
01:46 PM SAST
Description
Strawberry Spiderhead - Serruria aemula
We only saw 4, but its likely there are more.
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October 26, 2020
03:25 PM SAST
Description
Gastropod species (Tomichia?) observed at inland saltpans outside Yzefontein.
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September 10, 2024
03:04 PM SAST
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October 4, 2020
11:15 PM +11
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September 25, 2021
08:52 PM SAST
What
Bugle-Lily
(Watsonia borbonica ssp. ardernei)
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June 29, 2018
07:19 PM SAST
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July 12, 2022
07:18 AM UTC
Description
Got to same location same time of year and found these jewels again. Spotted only one specimen
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May 9, 2024
10:56 PM SAST
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September 2, 2018
11:28 AM WEST
Description
Tuberous root, bright yellow flowers, gray spots inside the petals, 20-30 cm, on coarse sands of the rocky area. 2245m asl
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October 6, 2021
11:03 AM PDT
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November 10, 2021
07:19 PM UTC
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November 29, 2020
06:48 PM SAST
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March 25, 2024
08:05 AM UTC
Description
Thin snake in Atlantis dunes
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November 30, 2021
09:20 PM SAST
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September 15, 2022
08:58 AM SAST
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May 14, 2018
09:13 PM SAST
Description
may truly be the mother lode of this cute local endemic - thousands upon thousands of plants in this 1ha limestone pavement area
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June 5, 2014
01:35 PM SAST
Description
Critically Endenagered Matthew
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April 27, 2023
02:49 AM SAST
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September 19, 2016
03:04 PM SAST
Description
Moraea saldanhensis
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September 9, 2019
04:57 PM SAST
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June 9, 2018
11:47 AM SAST
Description
only known from N Knersvlakte on granite/gneiss outcrops; see comments
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July 19, 2021
11:40 AM SAST
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September 9, 2021
04:21 PM SAST
Description
Expensive chickens being eaten... let him go with a warning and a snack for later from the kitchen for later.
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September 24, 2020
11:00 AM SAST
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October 1, 2023
09:58 PM SAST
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December 5, 2017
08:31 AM SAST
Description
Many of these plants are entirely dependent upon myrmecochory [= distribution of their fruits by ants] for fire survival in fynbos.
Thought to be extinct for 50 years, this plant survived precisely because it is a myrmecochore, and so had seeds securely buried in the habitat [evidence suggests that some of these might survive for centuries]. Tests in the habitat revealed that Anoplolepis steingroeveri were everywhere.
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September 23, 2023
04:09 AM SAST
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November 28, 2023
01:04 PM UTC
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April 8, 2024
10:42 PM SAST
Description
Two male molesnakes fighting for dominance and for residence of an unused molerat tunnel.
The black snake was the first on the scene but was ousted a week later when the light brown snake appeared.
The lighter coloured male won the wrestling and inflicted a gash across the black snakes body. Approximately a month later a chocolate brown female joined the lighter brown male in his tunnel.
To further elaborate: The black snake occupied the hole for a week before the light brown one appeared and they had their wrestling match. After this the black snake left and the light brown snake took residence of the hole. He then "patrolled" his small patch of ground around the hole for a month before a very large dark brown mole snake appeared and cohabited that hole with him for a few days before both snakes left. The lighter snake didn't appear to leave the area during this time and molerat activity continued in very close proximity to this (the molerats were "harvesting" my sunflower plants which can be seen in my pics) so I'm guessing very little hunting was happening 😊.
The lighter snakes' "patrol" area was pretty much a short circuit around my bietou bush approx 6m long, it was so predictable that I was able to crouch down next to his route in anticipation of him passing close to me. I filmed him as he slithered past at an arms length away. The third snake on the scene, the dark chocolate specimen, was larger than either the black or the light brown snakes. This snake was incredibly skittish and I only have the briefest video of it disappearing in a flash into the hole. This all happened on the edge of my driveway approximately 5m from my front door on a smallholding in Morningstar, Cape Town.
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April 27, 2019
09:40 AM UTC
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May 11, 2023
12:50 AM SAST
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June 16, 2013
07:53 PM SAST
Description
Cytinus capensis
Known colony of three female flower groups under Metalasia. Male plant absent.
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May 26, 2024
10:21 PM SAST
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November 28, 2021
08:32 PM SAST
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April 18, 2013
10:17 AM SAST
Description
Shy Beechwood
A newly discovered species, just described.
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March 23, 2021
03:04 PM SAST
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May 23, 2023
08:18 PM SAST
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December 2, 2019
10:19 PM SAST
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April 7, 2024
09:24 PM SAST
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August 5, 2024
01:45 PM UTC
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August 23, 2023
07:52 PM HST
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April 29, 2023
07:46 AM SAST
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September 6, 2022
05:46 AM UTC
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October 25, 2022
07:56 PM SAST
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September 28, 2020
03:56 PM SAST
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September 28, 2020
03:55 PM SAST
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August 25, 2018
11:12 AM SAST
Description
patch in seasonally damp loamy soils with dense A saligna
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June 19, 2019
02:44 PM PDT
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June 26, 2022
11:14 AM SAST
Description
Discovered by Paul Tosio while walking his dog, a second one is in bud 2 inches away
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October 2, 2023
09:33 PM SAST
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October 2, 2023
09:37 PM SAST
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December 10, 2020
03:51 PM SAST
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September 16, 2020
10:32 AM SAST
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September 15, 2017
04:05 PM SAST
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November 18, 2022
08:32 AM HST
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April 5, 2024
07:22 PM SAST
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August 13, 2024
06:04 PM SAST
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August 26, 2022
09:29 PM SAST
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March 7, 2019
06:12 PM CET
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August 1, 2024
04:38 PM SAST
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September 26, 2013
02:50 PM SAST
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May 10, 2023
06:10 PM SAST
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October 17, 2021
08:34 PM SAST
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November 18, 2023
08:14 PM UTC
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April 23, 2018
05:21 PM SAST
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September 19, 2021
10:37 PM SAST
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March 20, 2023
06:25 PM SAST
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November 12, 2023
01:17 AM +11
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March 10, 2021
03:20 PM SAST
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December 5, 2023
10:00 PM SAST
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September 30, 2022
08:26 AM UTC
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October 19, 2021
07:49 PM SAST
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September 8, 2023
08:32 AM UTC
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April 8, 2024
10:40 PM UTC
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July 4, 2024
03:24 PM SAST
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August 29, 2024
08:00 PM SAST
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September 24, 2023
02:56 AM IDT