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What

Large Fever-Berry (Croton megalobotrys)

Observer

irshad

Date

December 19, 2023 11:10 AM CAT

Place

Chobe, BW-CH, BW-CH-CH, BW (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Genus Tineola

Observer

tuli

Date

April 26, 2024 10:47 PM CAT

Place

Gaborone North, Gaborone, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Description

attracted to house lights

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Poop Droplet (Acontia discoidea)

Observer

tuli

Date

April 26, 2024 09:12 PM CAT

Place

Gaborone North, Gaborone, Botswana (Google, OSM)

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What

Agonopterix trimenella

Observer

tuli

Date

April 26, 2024 09:13 PM CAT

Place

Gaborone North, Gaborone, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Description

Staude et al (2023) p 76.7

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Tribe Phycitini

Observer

tuli

Date

April 26, 2024 09:15 PM CAT

Place

Gaborone North, Gaborone, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Nematoceran Flies (Suborder Nematocera)

Observer

tuli

Date

April 26, 2024 09:19 PM CAT

Place

Gaborone North, Gaborone, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Description

attracted to house lights

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Mustard Droplet (Acontia transfigurata)

Observer

tuli

Date

April 26, 2024 09:21 PM CAT

Place

Gaborone North, Gaborone, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Description

attracted to house lights
drowned unfortunately

Photos / Sounds

What

Nematoceran Flies (Suborder Nematocera)

Observer

tuli

Date

April 26, 2024 09:19 PM CAT

Place

Gaborone North, Gaborone, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Description

attracted to house lights

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Tribe Pachymerini

Observer

tuli

Date

April 26, 2024 10:55 PM CAT

Place

Gaborone North, Gaborone, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Description

attracted to house lights

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Tapering Darkling Beetles (Genus Imatismus)

Observer

tuli

Date

April 26, 2024 11:47 PM CAT

Place

Gaborone North, Gaborone, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Description

attracted to house lights

Photos / Sounds

7 photos

What

Subfamily Cheloninae

Observer

robert_taylor

Date

April 29, 2024 08:50 PM CAT

Place

North West, BW (Google, OSM)

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What

Wide Red-edged Quadrate Toktokkie (Bouchardium mariae)

Observer

sm4u1

Date

December 28, 2018 06:45 PM SAST

Place

Bamalete-Tlokweng, , South-East, BW (Google, OSM)

Description

Strange looking beetle. Legs don’t appear to match the body

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Common Marbled Fruit Chafer (Porphyronota hebraea ssp. hebraea)

Observer

robert_taylor

Date

April 28, 2024 12:53 PM CAT

Place

North West, BW (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Acidaliastis prophanes

Observer

robert_taylor

Date

April 27, 2024 08:12 PM CAT

Place

North West, BW (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Emerald Moths (Subfamily Geometrinae)

Observer

robert_taylor

Date

April 27, 2024 08:29 PM CAT

Place

North West, BW (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

4 photos

What

Tree Darkling Beetles (Genus Eupezus)

Observer

robert_taylor

Date

April 27, 2024 08:30 PM CAT

Place

North West, BW (Google, OSM)

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What

Domino (Acontia guttifera)

Observer

robert_taylor

Date

April 27, 2024 08:12 PM CAT

Place

North West, BW (Google, OSM)

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What

Southern Lion (Panthera leo ssp. melanochaita)

Observer

rianafourie

Date

April 2024

Place

Botswana (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

4 photos

What

Mozambique Barleria (Barleria senensis)

Observer

rianafourie

Date

April 27, 2024 06:52 AM CAT

Place

North West, BW (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Tropical Speedwell (Evolvulus alsinoides)

Observer

rianafourie

Date

April 28, 2024 09:34 AM CAT

Place

North West, BW (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

5 photos

What

Parapolydora fastigiata

Observer

rianafourie

Date

April 27, 2024 05:00 PM CAT

Place

North West, BW (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Green-Leaved Wormbush (Cadaba natalensis)

Observer

rianafourie

Date

April 27, 2024 04:56 PM CAT

Place

North West, BW (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Pigweed (Portulaca oleracea)

Observer

rianafourie

Date

April 27, 2024 07:14 AM CAT

Place

North West, BW (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

4 photos

What

Indigofera bainesii

Observer

rianafourie

Date

April 27, 2024 07:02 AM CAT

Place

North West, BW (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Purple Hoarypea (Tephrosia purpurea)

Observer

rianafourie

Date

April 27, 2024 07:01 AM CAT

Place

North West, BW (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Marigolds (Genus Tagetes)

Observer

peter_erb

Date

April 27, 2024 04:25 PM CAT

Place

Klein Windhoek, Windhoek, Namibia (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Common Vomitdaisy (Geigeria ornativa)

Observer

rianafourie

Date

April 27, 2024 05:42 PM CAT

Place

North West, BW (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Mealie Rattlepod (Crotalaria sphaerocarpa)

Observer

rianafourie

Date

April 27, 2024 07:23 AM CAT

Place

North West, BW (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Veld Violet (Peliostomum leucorrhizum)

Observer

rianafourie

Date

April 27, 2024 09:16 AM CAT

Place

North West, BW (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

4 photos

What

Genus Polyhymno

Observer

botswanabugs

Date

April 26, 2024

Place

Serowe (Google, OSM)

Description

attracted to uv

Photos / Sounds

What

Typical Leafhoppers (Family Cicadellidae)

Observer

rianafourie

Date

April 26, 2024 08:47 PM CAT

Place

North West, BW (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Mustard Droplet (Acontia transfigurata)

Observer

rianafourie

Date

April 26, 2024 08:48 PM CAT

Place

North West, BW (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Genus Eublemma

Observer

tuli

Date

April 26, 2024 12:08 AM CAT

Place

Gaborone North, Gaborone, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Description

the MOTH

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What

Pycnarmon cribrata

Observer

tuli

Date

April 26, 2024 12:01 AM CAT

Place

Gaborone North, Gaborone, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

4 photos

What

Flannel Weed (Sida cordifolia)

Observer

rianafourie

Date

April 26, 2024 06:33 AM CAT

Place

Maun, North West, BW (Google, OSM)

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What

Sidas (Genus Sida)

Observer

brook

Date

April 17, 2024 12:39 PM CAT

Place

Ngamiland East, BW-NC, BW (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Summer Curryflower (Lasiosiphon polycephalus)

Observer

faerout

Date

August 8, 2023 03:06 PM CAT

Place

Boteti, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Dayflowers (Genus Commelina)

Observer

jkn

Date

April 11, 2024 09:42 AM CAT

Place

Moremi Game Reserve, North West, BW (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Rain Locusts (Genus Lamarckiana)

Observer

iannutty

Date

April 23, 2024 07:56 PM CAT

Place

South East, BW (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

7 photos

What

Modest Dollsrose (Hermannia modesta)

Observer

bartswana

Date

April 22, 2024

Place

VVX5+8PG, Mahalapye, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Description

Flowers 6 mm diameter. Leaves up to 30x2 mm

Photos / Sounds

What

Subfamily Allothrombiinae

Observer

jonas195

Date

November 30, 2023 10:17 AM CAT

Place

LL Road 127, Central, BW (Google, OSM)

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What

Spotted Joker (Byblia ilithyia)

Observer

chomstad

Date

March 2024

Place

Central, BW (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Pink Velvetbean (Pseudarthria hookeri)

Observer

moira_fitzpatrick

Date

February 20, 2024 09:40 AM CAT

Place

Makoni, Zimbabwe (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Ragged Thorn (Xenimpia erosa)

Observer

moira_fitzpatrick

Date

February 19, 2024 12:46 AM CAT

Place

Makoni, Zimbabwe (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Tortricine Leafroller Moths (Subfamily Tortricinae)

Observer

moira_fitzpatrick

Date

April 13, 2024 09:45 PM CAT

Place

Bulawayo South, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Genus Kopamerra

Observer

moira_fitzpatrick

Date

April 13, 2024 10:18 PM CAT

Place

Bulawayo South, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (Google, OSM)

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What

Meal Moths (Genus Pyralis)

Observer

moira_fitzpatrick

Date

April 13, 2024 08:06 PM CAT

Place

Bulawayo South, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (Google, OSM)

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What

Gamergus hessei

Observer

suncana

Date

December 28, 2021 12:10 PM SAST

Place

Edgecliff Road, Westville, KZN, ZA (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Hook-Thorns (Genus Senegalia)

Observer

kyle_campbell1

Date

April 20, 2024 11:47 AM SAST

Place

Fochville, South Africa (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Spurges (Genus Euphorbia)

Observer

ndangie

Date

April 28, 2023 09:59 AM SAST

Place

Vhembe, ZA-NP, ZA (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

4 photos

What

Dwarf Marigold (Schkuhria pinnata)

Observer

bartswana

Date

April 20, 2024

Place

VVX7+3MV, Mahalapye, Botswana (Google, OSM)

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What

Southern White-browed Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser mahali ssp. mahali)

Observer

johannes181

Date

February 25, 2024 05:42 PM CAT

Place

Senyati Safari Camp (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Crab Spiders (Family Thomisidae)

Observer

robert_taylor

Date

April 14, 2024 06:00 PM CAT

Place

Thamalakane, North West, BW (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

Observer

donna165

Date

April 19, 2024 05:15 PM CAT

Place

Chobe, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Mustard Droplet (Acontia transfigurata)

Observer

robert_taylor

Date

April 12, 2024 05:58 PM CAT

Place

Thamalakane, North West, BW (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

5 photos

What

Indigofera flavicans

Observer

robert_taylor

Date

April 13, 2024 05:23 PM CAT

Place

Thamalakane, North West, BW (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Genus Derocalymma

Observer

robert_taylor

Date

April 14, 2024 08:39 AM CAT

Place

North West, BW (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Indigofera hochstetteri

Observer

robert_taylor

Date

April 13, 2024 05:39 PM CAT

Place

Thamalakane, North West, BW (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Artist's Brackets, Reishi, and Allies (Genus Ganoderma)

Observer

vivian_young

Date

April 17, 2024 10:48 AM CAT

Place

Zambezi, NA (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

4 photos

What

Green-spored Parasol (Chlorophyllum molybdites)

Observer

vivian_young

Date

April 17, 2024 01:41 PM CAT

Place

Zambezi, NA (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Common Lichens (Class Lecanoromycetes)

Observer

vivian_young

Date

April 17, 2024 10:47 AM CAT

Place

Zambezi, NA (Google, OSM)
Fungi

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3 photos

What

Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)

Observer

vivian_young

Date

April 17, 2024 08:20 AM CAT

Place

Zambezi, NA (Google, OSM)

Description

In Chobe lodge.

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What

Genus Oxycarenus

Observer

jaheymans

Date

February 2, 2024 04:08 PM SAST

Place

Modimolle, Rhenosterfontein 407 KR, Waterberg District Municipality, South Africa (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

5 photos

What

Peahen Moth (Isturgia deerraria)

Observer

jaheymans

Date

February 26, 2024 08:07 AM SAST

Place

Olienhoutstraat, Modimolle, 0510, South Africa (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

Observer

tuli

Date

January 10, 2023 10:58 PM CAT

Place

Gaborone North, Gaborone, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Euchromius discopis

Observer

tuli

Date

January 10, 2023 10:59 PM CAT

Place

Gaborone North, Gaborone, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Description

attracted to house lights

Photos / Sounds

What

Aspades hutchinsonella

Observer

tuli

Date

January 10, 2023 11:02 PM CAT

Place

Gaborone North, Gaborone, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Description

attracted to house lights

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

Observer

tuli

Date

January 10, 2023 11:02 PM CAT

Place

Gaborone North, Gaborone, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Description

attracted to house lights

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Tufted Moths (Family Nolidae)

Observer

tuli

Date

January 10, 2023 11:10 PM CAT

Place

Gaborone North, Gaborone, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Description

attracted to house lights

Photos / Sounds

What

Genus Calleida

Observer

acacio_chechne

Date

December 29, 2023 12:13 PM CAT

Place

3H73+P53, Maputo, Moçambique (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

8 photos

What

Saprinus cruciatus

Observer

tuli

Date

September 24, 2017

Place

Riversley Farm (Google, OSM)

Description

complete clown


cluster of beetles sheltering under a pile of bricks, very distinctive pattern on elytra, probably the same species, certainly the same family as an earlier ob along the road https:--www.ispotnature.org-communities-southern-africa-view-observation-473107-

Photos / Sounds

4 photos

What

Tribe Histerini

Observer

tjeales

Date

June 26, 2023 08:51 PM CAT

Place

Ngamiland South District, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Russet Bushwillow (Combretum hereroense)

Observer

sithagur

Date

March 4, 2024 09:43 AM SAST

Place

Makhado Local Municipality, South Africa (Google, OSM)

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What

Pagoda Mini-Jade (Crassula pyramidalis)

Observer

magrietb

Date

March 31, 2024

Place

Klein Karoo (Google, OSM)

Description

Not my photo.

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What

Mexican Plumeria (Plumeria rubra)

Observer

themightyfour

Date

April 13, 2024 08:08 AM SAST

Place

University of Limpopo, Pietersburg, LP, ZA (Google, OSM)

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What

White Cedar (Melia azedarach)

Observer

themightyfour

Date

April 13, 2024 08:08 AM SAST

Place

University of Limpopo, Pietersburg, LP, ZA (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Castor Bean (Ricinus communis)

Observer

themightyfour

Date

April 13, 2024 08:08 AM SAST

Place

University of Limpopo, Pietersburg, LP, ZA (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

Observer

tuli

Date

January 5, 2023 09:07 PM CAT

Place

Gaborone North, Gaborone, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Description

attracted to house lights
My old favourite still inconclusively IDed

Photos / Sounds

What

Chlaenius fulvicollis

Observer

markuslilje

Date

November 8, 2022 07:16 AM SAST

Place

Bird, Marloth Park, MP, ZA (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Creeping Indigo (Indigofera spicata)

Observer

bartwursten

Date

January 6, 2009 06:40 AM CAT

Place

Kariba, Zimbabwe (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Wahlberg’s Striped Skink (Trachylepis wahlbergii)

Observer

chiarawithc

Date

April 14, 2024 11:22 AM CAT

Place

54VW+PFW, Kasane, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

Observer

tuli

Date

January 2, 2023 05:22 AM CAT

Place

Gaborone North, Gaborone, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Description

attracted to house lights

Photos / Sounds

4 photos

What

Subfamily Parasitinae

Observer

kylealdinger

Date

April 6, 2022 06:41 PM EDT

Place

Reedsville, WV, US (Google, OSM)

Description

The mites.

Photos / Sounds

What

Ammocharis tinneana

Observer

jdwebber

Date

October 14, 2023 07:45 AM SAST

Place

Vhembe, Kruger National Park, ZA-NP, ZA (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Riverhemps (Genus Sesbania)

Observer

jkn

Date

April 12, 2024 05:35 PM CAT

Place

Okavango Delta, North West, BW (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Euchromius discopis

Observer

tuli

Date

January 2, 2023 05:20 AM CAT

Place

Gaborone North, Gaborone, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Description

attracted to house lights

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Mustard Droplet (Acontia transfigurata)

Observer

tuli

Date

January 2, 2023 10:24 PM CAT

Place

Gaborone North, Gaborone, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Description

attracted to house lights

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Subfamily Tipulinae

Observer

christopher1201

Date

April 12, 2024 04:18 PM SAST

Place

Deurdrif, Cape Town, 7848, South Africa (Google, OSM)

Description

On a plectranthus. Going with auto suggested match.

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Ipomoea dichroa

Observer

lougarou

Date

August 16, 2009

Place

Ngamiland North, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

3 photos

What

Water Morning-Glory (Ipomoea rubens)

Observer

lougarou

Date

August 19, 2009

Place

Kasane, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Yellow Carrion Flower (Orbea lutea)

Observer

claireza

Date

April 11, 2024 10:17 AM CAT

Place

Tutume, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Wild Sesame (Sesamum triphyllum)

Observer

claireza

Date

April 10, 2024 04:31 PM CAT

Place

Tutume, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)

Observer

moira_fitzpatrick

Date

April 11, 2024 05:14 PM CAT

Place

Cecil Avenue, Bulawayo, Bulawayo, ZW (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Spiders (Order Araneae)

Observer

ivonnekellner

Date

March 30, 2024 02:22 PM CET

Place

Warnsdorfer Weg, Wittstock/Dosse, Brandenburg, DE (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

Observer

janmomsen

Date

November 26, 2023 04:33 PM SAST

Place

Coastal Path, Kleinmond, WC, ZA (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Tufted Moths (Family Nolidae)

Observer

tuli

Date

January 2, 2023 02:53 AM CAT

Place

Gaborone North, Gaborone, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Description

attracted to house lights

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Genus Ceromitia

Observer

tuli

Date

January 2, 2023 03:04 AM CAT

Place

Gaborone North, Gaborone, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Description

attracted to house lights

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Golden Crownbeard (Verbesina encelioides)

Observer

maatlaa

Date

April 11, 2024 12:18 AM CAT

Place

8WQM+74F, Gaborone, Botswana (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

4 photos

What

Bathurst Burr (Xanthium spinosum)

Observer

nberhe

Date

August 19, 2023 01:07 PM EAT

Place

Berikh, ER-AN, ER (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

2 photos

What

Giant Milkweed (Calotropis procera)

Observer

cherif4

Date

November 10, 2021 11:58 AM CET

Place

Unnamed Road، Djanet, Algeria (Google, OSM)
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