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Yellowish Amakosa Rocksitter (Durbania amakosa ssp. flavida)Observer
stevewoodhallDescription
Fairly large colony
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Semyrilla lineataObserver
wolfachimDescription
Foto by Hanna Roland ; @marcepstein do you know this species?
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Natal White-barred Charaxes (Charaxes brutus ssp. natalensis)Observer
magrietbDescription
Kleinmond Charaxes egg to adult
We were sitting on the lawn when suddenly a white barred Charaxes butterfly fluttered noisily into the garden, visited a dog poo, deposited an egg on our tiny red alder tree, and disappeared. On closer inspection I discovered many eggs on the alder, which also is home to one of our million or so newly hatched rain spiderlings. I noticed that the little caterpillars quickly disappear so now there are five in a tub on my desk. Not sure if the spider is responsible for the disappearances; it's a tough world out there.
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I eventually ended up with only two of the original lot, Wormie the smaller and Worm the larger of the two. Please see notes in the photo titles (hover over the photos) for details of their progress.
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Genus AbacobiusObserver
bushboyDescription
Jack, the Gripper
Huge striking fellow (c. 50 mm long). Feared his schnozzle was a rostrum (giant Assassin!) so kept off fingers. Really hard to pry him off dog-leash - broke several twigs before he agreed to climb onto one for release at base of nearby tree.
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Biscuit Boxkite (Isoxya tabulata)Observer
wynand_uysDescription
A black Boxkite Spider from Blyde River
Body length 7.2mm (excluding spines)
Abdomen: 6.0mm long x 9.2mm wide
Spotted by Maritza whose memory card was full. Called me for backup.
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Longleg Dandy (Portia schultzi)Observer
wynand_uysDescription
Body length about 9mm
