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Tribe ChrysopiniObserver
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Alive 12 hours before.
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Portuguese Millipede (Ommatoiulus moreleti)Observer
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Out after the rain.
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Spotted Orbweavers (Genus Neoscona)Observer
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Out after the rain.
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Fire Asparagus (Asparagus lignosus)Observer
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Community of asparagus on a hummock. No flowers or fruits visible.
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Flower Crab Spiders (Genus Thomisus)Observer
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On a swimming towel after returning home, so location uncertain.
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Fynbos Blombush (Metalasia densa)Observer
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Shrub about. 45m high x .75m wide.
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Iron Heath (Erica ferrea)Observer
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Bush about 1.5m high x 2m wide.
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Rusty-red Flour-Beetles (Genus Tribolium)Observer
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About 2mm head to abdomen.
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African Social Spider (Stegodyphus dumicola)Observer
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Web and nest on Searsia bush.
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African Spotted Tortoise Beetle (Conchyloctenia punctata)Observer
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Probably a passenger in a car from Rocklands Dr, Simonstown. Separated from the car somewhere en route to Edgemead.
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Cottony Cushion Scale (Icerya purchasi)Observer
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About 6mm long.
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Marbled Cellar Spider (Holocnemus pluchei)Observer
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Body about 8mm long.
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Tribe AntillocoriniObserver
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Escaping up the wall, not waiting for a good portrait shot...
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South African Turban (Turbo sarmaticus)Observer
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About 6cm
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Citrus Swallowtail (Papilio demodocus)Observer
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About 10cm wingspan
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Common Garden Orbweb Spider (Argiope australis)Observer
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About 2.5cm body. It had disappeared so I cannot measure it. Another Web nearby, so two individuals.
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Fives Capegorse (Aspalathus quinquefolia)Observer
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Is this natural, or something like witch's broom forming these flattened portions of the terminal parts of some stems?
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Turkey Tangle Frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora)Observer
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Growing in a lawn, limited to the shade.
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Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)Observer
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Growing in a few rose bushes.
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Black-spotted Lady Beetles (Tribe Coccinellini)Observer
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About 3 mm long. I am not sure if this is one individual, or two mating? The picture showing the underside seems to show two sets of legs.