Insect or Invertebrates Identification - DONE
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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
She is probably Bactrododema tiaratum, but we would need a close-up of the head to see the small horns there to confirm.
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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification - DONE
Found this spider in our garden today... wondering if it's a Silver Marsh Spider?
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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification - DONE
Yep, that is Leucauge festiva (Masked Vlei Spider)
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I would have sworn that it was an ant 
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Small butterfly, 3cm. Seemed to like sitting upside down? 
Nelspruit summer.
Nelspruit summer.
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