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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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That's a fly ;-)

Bombyliidae, family of Beeflies


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0*\ Thanks for setting me straight Toko!


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Here are three more insects that I need ID help with. All seen in my garden in Darling in late November 2014.

1st insect(s):
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this photo has two quite different insects. I first spotted the olive-coloured moth(?) & was watching it & then the little bettle appeared later:
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The "moth" is a skipper, and from the Western Cape recorded ones only the Common Hottentot Skipper Gegenes niso looks like this.

The little one below is a fourth instar nymph of the Southern Green Stink Bug, Nezara viridula

For the thingies on your rose I have no clue.


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Thanks so much, Toko O0 I did some googling to find out a bit more -- fascinating!

I also had a closer look at the goggas on the rose and I think that they are some sort of Japanese beetle, which I think are a typical rose infestation? I've cropped the photo some more, to show them better. What do you think ..... -O-

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I think these are bugs in the family Lygaeidae, but I have no clue if there are any rose-lovers. The genus Oxycarenus looks very much alike.


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Toko wrote:I think these are bugs in the family Lygaeidae, but I have no clue if there are any rose-lovers. The genus Oxycarenus looks very much alike.
Very interesting Toko. Many thanks! O0


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Can anyone help with an ID of this colourful critter, seen at Venus Pool (Cape Point section of TMNP) in January 2013.

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Sea anemone, perhaps family Actiniidae


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(Moved to DONE) - I don't see a delete button. Can you delete this when you get a chance please, Toko? Thanks 0/0
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