Family Curculionidae These large weevils are very distinctive with their black tubercles.   They are flightless, ground-dwelling and f...

  This is the largest of the legless skinks we have.  Due to all the rain we have had, so many of the areas are clogged with rain and ...

Cuckoo Bees ( Coelioxys sp) family Megachilidae  A female Coelioxys will seek these out and apparently uses its sharp abdomen to pier...

They are commonly found in tropical waters and inhibit sandy floors and beds of sea grass. Their stings, although mild, appear in the...

The Dark-webbed Ringlet ( Physcaeneura panda ) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family and the only one of this species found in South Afr...

Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) family Asteraceae Cirsium vulgare ( Spear Thistle ) is a species of the genus Cirsium , native througho...

Andrea gave me this piece of information in his comment and I thought I would add it to the post as it is interesting. "Do you know t...

Of all the Bauhinia’s I have seen so far, this one has very different flowers to the rest although the leaves (from which it gets its name)...

Isn’t this just typical!! I have been searching for a Kite spider for simply ages and could not find one, then here is goes, spinning a web...

Wild Foxglove ( Ceratotheca triloba )  -  Pedaliaceae family The wild foxglove varies in height, depending on the amount of water i...