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Common Snow Sugarbush (Protea scolopendriifolia)Observer
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Seemingly acaulous Protea. Resprouting? 6 months after fire in May 2017.
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Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)Observer
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Really fascinating plants, could it be a Cliffortia???
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Genus BembixObserver
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Not sure at all but it seems to fit well with Nomada??
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Subgenus AnthidiumObserver
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Amazing sighting of two bees mating.... Could this be genus Anthidium?
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Genus SicusObserver
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No idea what family this could be... Standing on a leaf of Origanum.
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Dance Flies (Family Empididae)Observer
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Very interesting fly with LONG tongue!! Probing nectar in wild Caryophyllaceae flowers.
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Drone Flies (Genus Eristalis)Observer
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Probably Eristalis tenax... Rat-tail worms! Still young. They get pretty large. It is in a bucket with decaying vegetable organic matter.
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Aardvark (Orycteropus afer)Observer
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Walk away after drinking in a concrete reservoir in the middle of the day!
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Mining Bees (Genus Andrena)Observer
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Visiting cabbage flowers in an urban garden.
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Two-celled Miner (Andrena lagopus)Observer
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Visiting cabbage flowers in an urban garden.
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Genus EpistropheObserver
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Visiting cabbage flowers in an urban garden.
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Hairy-footed Flower Bee (Anthophora plumipes)Observer
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Visiting cabbage flowers in an urban garden. May be Anthophora plumipes??
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Mining Bees (Genus Andrena)Observer
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Visiting cabbage flowers in an urban garden.
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Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)Observer
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Visiting flowers in an urban garden.
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Bumble Bees (Genus Bombus)Observer
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Visiting cabbage flowers in an urban garden.
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Hairy-footed Flower Bee (Anthophora plumipes)Observer
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Maybe Anthophora plumipes??
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Hawthorn Fly (Bibio marci)Observer
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About 12-14mm long. Staying immobile underneath hazelnut trees.
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Groundsels (Genus Senecio)Observer
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Below cliffs, south-facing
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Moss Daisy (Muscosomorphe aretioides)Observer
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Cliff dweller.
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Sedge Squill (Drimia convallarioides)Observer
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Flowering in November after a very small rain event 3 days earlier... (2mm)
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Drimia arenicolaObserver
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Very unusual sight in Namaqualand. On shales, vertical south facing cliffs. I was told it was D. convallarioides, but this species doesn't seem to have fully apparent bulbs such as here. The bulbs are up to 30mm in diameter.
