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Insects of the Western Cape

Insects of the Western Cape

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Insects of the Western Cape
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Smith Zoo

 6 participants 392 spottings

With the Fynbos endemic to the Western Cape comes the unique insects that call it their home like the Zebra Cockroach only found in our beautiful ecosystem.

Insects of the Western Cape

Lat: -34.09 Long: 18.41

Recent Spottings

Unknown spotting Smith Zoo 2 0 Unknown spotting
King Copper JeffCrocombe 1 0 King Copper
Green Protea Beetle JeffCrocombe 2 0 Green Protea Beetle
Grass Jewel Blue JeffCrocombe 1 0 Grass Jewel Blue
Leaf Katydid Wendy Clapham 2 0 Leaf Katydid
Table Mountain Beauty Smith Zoo 5 2 Table Mountain Beauty
Mediterranean Fruit Fly Smith Zoo 1 0 Mediterranean Fruit Fly
African Hummingbird Moth Smith Zoo 6 13 African Hummingbird Moth
Mantid Lacewing Smith Zoo 4 8 Mantid Lacewing
Vine Hawk-Moth Smith Zoo 0 3 Vine Hawk-Moth
Southern Green Stink Bug Smith Zoo 1 0 Southern Green Stink Bug
Orange Plume Moth Smith Zoo 5 4 Orange Plume Moth
Cape Lappet Moth Wendy Clapham 1 3 Cape Lappet Moth
House Centipede Wendy Clapham 1 0 House Centipede
White Spotted Fruit Chafer Smith Zoo 3 0 White Spotted Fruit Chafer
Plant Hopper Smith Zoo 2 0 Plant Hopper
White Spotted Fruit Chafer Smith Zoo 2 2 White Spotted Fruit Chafer
Common Dotted Fruit Chafer Smith Zoo 2 0 Common Dotted Fruit Chafer
Table Mountain Cockroach Wendy Clapham 2 4 Table Mountain Cockroach
Mantis Smith Zoo 1 2 Mantis
Shield bug eggs Smith Zoo 1 0 Shield bug eggs
Black Soldier Fly Smith Zoo 1 0 Black Soldier Fly
White Spotted Fruit Chafer Smith Zoo 1 0 White Spotted Fruit Chafer
Noctuid Moth Smith Zoo 1 0 Noctuid Moth
Gargoyle Mantid Wendy Clapham 4 7 Gargoyle Mantid
Spoon-wing Lacewing Wendy Clapham 2 2 Spoon-wing Lacewing
Striped TokTokkie Wendy Clapham 0 0 Striped TokTokkie
Hover Fly? Wendy Clapham 0 3 Hover Fly?
Sand Wasp Wendy Clapham 0 3 Sand Wasp
Cotton Stainer Nymph Wendy Clapham 0 10 Cotton Stainer Nymph
Green Lace Wing Smith'sZoo 1 2 Green Lace Wing
Garden Acraea Smith'sZoo 2 2 Garden Acraea
Unknown spotting Smith'sZoo 3 0 Unknown spotting
Common Milkweed Locust Wendy Clapham 45 26 Common Milkweed Locust
African Hummingbird Moth Smith'sZoo 7 12 African Hummingbird Moth
Citrus Swallowtail Butterfly Smith'sZoo 11 12 Citrus Swallowtail Butterfly
White-spotted Fruit Chafer Wendy Clapham 3 1 White-spotted Fruit Chafer
Hotnotsgod Wendy Clapham 1 5 Hotnotsgod
Tarantula Hawk Wasp Smith'sZoo 2 2 Tarantula Hawk Wasp
Skimmer Dragonflies Wendy Clapham 1 2 Skimmer Dragonflies
Unknown spotting Smith'sZoo 1 0 Unknown spotting
Swamp Bluet Wendy Clapham 1 0 Swamp Bluet
Red-veined Dropwing Wendy Clapham 0 0 Red-veined Dropwing
Garden Locust Wendy Clapham 0 0 Garden Locust
Honey Bee Wendy Clapham 0 2 Honey Bee
Monkey Beetle Smith'sZoo 1 0 Monkey Beetle
Longhorn Beetle Smith'sZoo 3 10 Longhorn Beetle
Wormlion Fly Smith'sZoo 1 2 Wormlion Fly
Sunflower Seed Bug Smith'sZoo 1 0 Sunflower Seed Bug
Citrus Swallowtail Butterfly Smith'sZoo 1 0 Citrus Swallowtail Butterfly
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Anfred Heyns Kei Heyns nkskyshn Wendy Clapham
JeffCrocombe Smith Zoo
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