Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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Scorpion
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maybe the same like the precedent :-?


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Some more from my garden....

A beautiful Moth in subtle browns and oranges.
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Sand Wasp
Family Crabronidae

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Can anybody get at least a genus? 0: Thanks.


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Wonderful! Thank you!

Next!

This could be a Common Mantid, but as for species -O- -O- Taken in Kruger Park.
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1 Paper Wasp Ropalidia Sp.
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2 Paper Wasp Ropalidia Sp.
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3 Paper Wasp Polistes sp.
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5 Paper Wasp Belonogaster sp. Slight variation from the above wasp?
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Hi

Been watching this guy for last few nights .Builds his web and sits in the middle .Every day he has packed up again and come nightfall he rebuilds his web .Any ideas of who he is ? Sorry about the pic quality but battle to get a clear shot.

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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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A Spiky Field Spider in the genus Pararaneus I would think.

Try to get the upper side O/\


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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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Here are some little bugs -- wasps? flies? -- for which I need ID help. These were seen at Olifantsbos in the Cape Point section of TMNP in early January 2015.

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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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arks, the small ones are either Apidae or Flower Bees/Sweat Bees in the family Halictidae

The one in the pink Carpobrotus, resembles in shape a Ceratina -O-

The white-faced one perhaps another Allodapula variegata

The small one in the yellow sourfig might be in the subfamily Halictinae and Lasioglossum


But this only a guess 0:


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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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Toko wrote:arks, the small ones are Flower Bees/Sweat Bees in the family Halictidae
Thanks Toko O0


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