Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 10:38 am
That's a fly 
Bombyliidae, family of Beeflies
Bombyliidae, family of Beeflies
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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 3:16 pm
Thanks for setting me straight Toko!Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 6:19 pm
Here are three more insects that I need ID help with. All seen in my garden in Darling in late November 2014.
1st insect(s):
this photo has two quite different insects. I first spotted the olive-coloured moth(?) & was watching it & then the little bettle appeared later:
1st insect(s):
this photo has two quite different insects. I first spotted the olive-coloured moth(?) & was watching it & then the little bettle appeared later:
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 10:38 pm
The "moth" is a skipper, and from the Western Cape recorded ones only the Common Hottentot Skipper Gegenes niso looks like this.
The little one below is a fourth instar nymph of the Southern Green Stink Bug, Nezara viridula
For the thingies on your rose I have no clue.
The little one below is a fourth instar nymph of the Southern Green Stink Bug, Nezara viridula
For the thingies on your rose I have no clue.
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 1:46 am
Thanks so much, Toko 
I did some googling to find out a bit more -- fascinating!
I also had a closer look at the goggas on the rose and I think that they are some sort of Japanese beetle, which I think are a typical rose infestation? I've cropped the photo some more, to show them better. What do you think .....
I did some googling to find out a bit more -- fascinating!I also had a closer look at the goggas on the rose and I think that they are some sort of Japanese beetle, which I think are a typical rose infestation? I've cropped the photo some more, to show them better. What do you think .....
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 10:16 am
I think these are bugs in the family Lygaeidae, but I have no clue if there are any rose-lovers. The genus Oxycarenus looks very much alike.
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 4:24 pm
Very interesting Toko. Many thanks!Toko wrote:I think these are bugs in the family Lygaeidae, but I have no clue if there are any rose-lovers. The genus Oxycarenus looks very much alike.
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 3:31 pm
Can anyone help with an ID of this colourful critter, seen at Venus Pool (Cape Point section of TMNP) in January 2013.
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 6:39 pm
Sea anemone, perhaps family Actiniidae
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 7:15 pm
(Moved to DONE) - I don't see a delete button. Can you delete this when you get a chance please, Toko? Thanks 