Africa Wild

BluTuna wrote: And a spider.

Looks pretty much like a wolf spider - note the eye pattern

http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/ara ... /index.htm

very good, nice ID

Nice one BT, like the Wolf!

Stunning BT, love the freaky-eye-fly!

And nice hairy worm Posty!

nan wrote:
18. Kgalagadi or Augrabies

Found one of the old ones

Ten spotted Ground Beetle Thermophilum decemguttatum
Family: Carabidae. Subfamily: Anthiinae

Large (body length 28 mm). Head black. Pronotum reddish. Elytra black with 10 large white spots and with brownish hairs between longitudinal ridges.
A predator of other ground-dwelling insects.
Found in sandy areas of karoo and fynbos in South Africa (Northern Cape, Western Cape and Eastern Cape) and Namibia.
common along paths in mountain fynbos

Anthiinae (spotted ground beetles, tyrant ground beetles) rely on speed and agility for defense. Their most powerful defense mechanism is a chemical that is secreted in a pygidial gland in the area of the ninth abdominal segment. It is made up of concentrated organic acids or quinone and is squirted at an attacker in a strong jet.

will post in the right thread... maybe

nan wrote:around Berg en Dal

This is a Paper Wasp of the genus Belonogaster

BluTuna wrote:Here's the unidentified stuff from my last few days in the garden.

Flower Beetle?

Cryptocephalus decemnotatus Ten-spotted leaf beetle (can be orange or yellow )

Now we have another 20 uniditified critters left but at least one more is done

I hope you have a fab pre-festive time (all of you)