Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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Here's a Stick Insect I saw at Marakele, any ideas please?

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Stick insect? -O-


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Beetle grubs?? (Larval stage of beetles) -O-


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Should be a Palm Weevil grub...but they should be in palm trees? They kill our lovely palms on a regular basis in town... @#$


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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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Can anyone ID this robber fly with such a limited point of view?

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Can anyone help with an ID for these insects, seen in my garden in Darling on mid-December 2015.

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Can anyone help with an ID for this crab, seen at the (very low!) dam at the bottom of my garden in Darling in mid-December 2015.

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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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arks wrote:Can anyone help with an ID for this crab, seen at the (very low!) dam at the bottom of my garden in Darling in mid-December 2015.

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Perhaps a Cape River Crab (Potamonautes perlatus) -O-


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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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arks wrote:Can anyone help with an ID for these insects, seen in my garden in Darling on mid-December 2015.

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That's a Katydid female in the subfamily Phaneropterinae


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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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Here are two insects that I need ID help with, both seen in KNP in April 2016.

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