Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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It is a nymph!
Broad-headed Bug. Family Alydidae.
Many nymphs are ant mimics.
They are seed eaters.


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:shock: :shock: :shock:

How clever!

:ty: Klippies!


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Caterpillar ID please

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Found this in the Eastern Cape, any ideas what it is
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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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Nothing familar to me - probably Lasiocampidae -O-


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Small butterfly, 4cm. Marloth in May


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O/\ :ty: Klippies!


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Small butterfly, 4cm. Marloth May:


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Remember to put the name under the ones already posted O**


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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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Very common one, you should know ;-)

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