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Spotted in my garden this morning.
Spotted while walking on the fynbos trail at Schoenmakerskop.
found it in the garden, but have no idea what type it is....
Discovered while gardening. Have rehabilitated the area where this friendly ...
Beautiful lynx spider found on the outside ...
Orange and green almost metallic. enlarged palps that look like boxing gloves ...
Family: Araneidae (Orb weaver spider) Also ...
Small spider (1cm approximately), brilliant ...
The female huntsman lays up to 200 eggs and guards these eggs, without leaving ...
Family: Saturnidae also known as the Giant silk moth family Forewings have blue ...
An unusually large and complex salticidae
Pulex is Latin for "flea", which appropriately fits this very small (5.5mm or ...
Palystes is a genus of huntsman spiders, ...
Builds characteristic "pipe organ" nests on walls, etc. Provisions with 3-18 ...
distinctive orange/copper tail. Grows to just over 6cm, forages for small ...
It is one of the largest New World monkeys, often weighing as much as 9 kg (20 ...
specimens to about 20 mm across and 12 mm high. This species occurs from New ...
prey. The Net-casting spider sets its trap ...
the eastern half of
Females: The range of the L. variolus significantly overlaps the range of the ...
A large and leggy spider with a pale grey ...
capensis in the eastern parts of southern ...
length of 40 cm. Found throughout the
pinkish. The related eastern yellow-billed ...
antennae should be straight and the feet are not really grey; this fellow got ...
pinkish. The related Eastern Yellow-billed ...
in the base of each leaf. Prey items such as flies, ants,
specimens to about 20 mm across and 12 mm high. This species occurs from New ...
specimens to about 20 mm across and 12 mm high. This species occurs from New ...
dry rocky locations, including canyons, from southwestern Canada
I'm 99.9% on this one ;) Confirmation would be greatly appreciated. ...
A large slow moving Australian lizard with a large head and (you guessed) a ...
Females of this species generally measure 8.5-19.7mm in total length while ...
The body length for adult females between 2.4 to 4 cm. The female has a ...
other land-dweller is its close cousin the
They take their name from their long pointed head and very long, mobile, ...