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Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)Observer
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Anthospermum rigidum Eckl. & Zeyh.
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Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)Observer
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Rant-en-Dal, Krugersdorp Hills
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Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)Observer
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10cm tall herb growing in hollow on a quartzite boulder
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Spittlebugs and Froghoppers (Superfamily Cercopoidea)Observer
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Spittlebug foam on Metalasia muricata - Blaauwkrantz River Pass near Nature's Valley
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Genus TremapterusObserver
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Spittlebug from Metalasia muricata
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Crab Spiders (Family Thomisidae)Observer
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Thomisid spider with eggsac
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Sarimarais bicolorObserver
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Green & white caterpillar feeding on Searsia crenata
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Tussock Moths (Subfamily Lymantriinae)Observer
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Tussock caterpillar on Allophylus decipiens leaf
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Wax Scales (Genus Ceroplastes)Observer
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?Ceroplastes destructor
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Small Brown Paper Wasps (Genus Ropalidia)Observer
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Ropalidia sp.
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Subtribe LagriinaObserver
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?beetle larva Locality on banks of Groot River, Nature's Valley. Feeding on moss and lichens.
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Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)Observer
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Scale insect or Lycaenidae larva - attended by ants gathering ?honeydew
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Tussock Moths (Subfamily Lymantriinae)Observer
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Caterpillar from Nature's Valley
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Barred Yellow-wing Temnora (Temnora pylas)Observer
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Sphingidae from Nature's Valley
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Everlasting-Flowers (Genus Helichrysum)Observer
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Prostrate herb on coastal dune
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Smooth Plampers (Corymbium glabrum)Observer
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Mauve-flowered plant from near Nature's Valley in the fynbos
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Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Suborder Sternorrhyncha)Observer
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Mealy bugs? Scale insects? These are about 1 or 2mm in size
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Pink Earth Lichen (Dibaeis baeomyces)Observer
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Fungus or lichen at Millstream near Dullstroom
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Giant Scale Insects (Family Monophlebidae)Observer
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Please ID scale insect
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Mobola Leaf Gall Midge (Lopesia parinarii)Observer
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Galls on underside of Parinari capense leaves - image by Richard Gill - ID unknown
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Tortoise and Hispine Beetles (Subfamily Cassidinae)Observer
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5mm long - found on Buddleja saligna
