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Re: AW Book of Insect and Invertebrates - Chat and discussion

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2020 6:18 pm
by Lisbeth
Pretty \O

Re: AW Book of Insect and Invertebrates - Chat and discussion

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:06 pm
by Lisbeth
Spiders can fly in the wind and have been located up to 4km above the Earth's surface.

Re: AW Book of Insect and Invertebrates - Chat and discussion

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:29 pm
by Michele Nel
I hope I have this correct...
We can post insect images here and possibly get an ID ??
I am not the best when it comes to ID of insects .....they are either bugs, grasshoppers, ladybirds, dragonflies, wasps/bees hornets, flies, caterpillars, mosquitoes or butterflies/moths...
But I do like to know what I have photographed . :)
Here goes...
I believe this one is a Protea Beetle ( Bug ) - taken at Kirstenbosch in September this year
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Re: AW Book of Insect and Invertebrates - Chat and discussion

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:31 pm
by Michele Nel
Another Bug taken in Kirstenbosch....stinkbug ???
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Re: AW Book of Insect and Invertebrates - Chat and discussion

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:33 pm
by Michele Nel
Another bug taken at Kirstenbosch...maybe a stinkbug nymph. ???
Very pretty ..I didn't have my macro lens with me though.
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Re: AW Book of Insect and Invertebrates - Chat and discussion

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:35 pm
by Michele Nel
And a caterpillar ..also taken at Kirstenbosch. :)
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Re: AW Book of Insect and Invertebrates - Chat and discussion

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:36 pm
by Michele Nel
And I see many of these bugs
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...it would be nice to give it a name. :)

Re: AW Book of Insect and Invertebrates - Chat and discussion

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 9:01 pm
by Klipspringer
Michele Nel wrote: Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:36 pm And I see many of these bugs


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...it would be nice to give it a name. :)
Added here
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O/\ O/\ O/\ lovely beetles

Re: AW Book of Insect and Invertebrates - Chat and discussion

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 9:26 pm
by Klipspringer
Michele Nel wrote: Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:29 pm I hope I have this correct...
We can post insect images here and possibly get an ID ??
I am not the best when it comes to ID of insects .....they are either bugs, grasshoppers, ladybirds, dragonflies, wasps/bees hornets, flies, caterpillars, mosquitoes or butterflies/moths...
But I do like to know what I have photographed . :)
Here goes...
I believe this one is a Protea Beetle ( Bug ) - taken at Kirstenbosch in September this year

Image
This is an awesome photo ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

Protea beetle Trichostetha fascicularis ssp. fascicularis

Re: AW Book of Insect and Invertebrates - Chat and discussion

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 9:34 pm
by Klipspringer
Michele Nel wrote: Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:31 pm Another Bug taken in Kirstenbosch....stinkbug ???

Image
Gardenia Twig Wilter (Carlisis wahlbergi) - a species of a Leaf-footed Bug, family Coreidae