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Leaf beetles - Chryomelidae -A.frontalis, inside gladiolus woodii
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a Bee fly -any comments out there please.
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Extremely small wasp on the Wild Dagga. If anyone knows its name please drop me a line.
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Fruit Chafer - Rhabdotis aulica
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Bee Fly - family Bombyliidae. Not sure which one, any comments out there?
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Robber fly - Daspletis placodes . Seen here clutching an Elf butterfly. These flies are likened to leopards as they leap up off rocks and catch their prey in mid air.
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Monkey beetles -not sure which one, with ants in close attendance , not sure why? any answers out there?
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Seed Bug - family Lygaeidae . Commonly known as stink bugs.
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Monkey beetles -not sure which one, about to mate or have already mated.
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A Bee Fly- Australoechus hirtus.
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A Grass-mimicking grasshopper - I think, if you know its correct name please let me know via the contact below - thank you.
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genus Cryptocephalus. may well be C. decemnotatus Suffrian.Not 100% sure.
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Cotton Stainer or red bugs -- Pyrrhocoridae , photograhed in Gauteng. Found in a group.
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longhorn beetle- family Cerambycidae
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Common Metallic Longhorn - Promeces longipes. These ones photographed in the Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens - South Africa.
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A Beaded weevil(I think) - Protostrophus. flightless ground dwelling.In the picture he is acting dead. When touched or picked up they adopt this posture immediately.
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Lunate Ladybird- Cheilomenes lunata. Feeds on Aphids, great to have in the garden.
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The perfect art of camouflage- A small chubby grasshopper hiding on these rocks - Photographed near Irene - Gauteng.
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A Hover Fly of sorts. If anyone knows what it is, please could you let me know through the contact on this page. Thank you
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