Field Guide to Insects of South Africa
Authors: Mike Picker, Charles Griffiths and Alan Weaving
Number of pages: 444
Year published: 2004
Edition: 2nd
Published by: Struik Nature
Softcover
ISBN: 978 1 77007 061 5
Web site: Struik Nature
The Wildebeest's Review of "Insects of South Africa"
This Wildebeest has a busy schedule but he will get round to reviewing this publication one day.
Some of the subjects in this publication
Springtails - Page: 20Sminthurus viridis - Page: 20
Marine Springtail - Page: 20
Diplurans - Page: 22
Ctenolepisma longicaudata - Page: 24
Silverfish / Fishmoths - Page: 24
Bristletails - Page: 24
Mayflies - Page: 26
Baetis harrisoni - Page: 26
Afronurus harrisoni - Page: 26
Pavilla adusta - Page: 28
Dancing Jewel - Page: 30
Glistening Demoiselle - Page: 30
Damselflies - Page: 30
Dragonflies - Page: 30
Common Threadtail - Page: 32
Goldtail - Page: 32
White Malachite - Page: 32
Painted Sprite - Page: 34
Powder-Faced Sprite - Page: 34
Tropical Bluetail - Page: 34
Common Citril - Page: 34
Cherry-Eye Sprite - Page: 34
Swamp Bluet - Page: 36
Common Tigertail - Page: 36
Friendly Hawker - Page: 36
Common Thorntail - Page: 36
Blue Emperor - Page: 38
Red-veined Dropwing - Page: 38
Eastern Forestwatcher - Page: 38
African Piedspot - Page: 38
Jaunty Dropwing - Page: 40
Violet Dropwing - Page: 40
Julia Skimmer - Page: 40
Little Scarlet - Page: 40
Navy Dropwing - Page: 40
Banded Groundling - Page: 42
Yellow-veined Widow - Page: 42
Wandering Glider - Page: 42
Red Basker - Page: 42
American Cockroach - Page: 44
Cockroaches - Page: 44
Gregarious Spotted Cockroach - Page: 44
Red-headed Cockroach - Page: 44
German Cockroach - Page: 46
Orange-shouldered Cockroach - Page: 46
Cape Mountain Cockroach - Page: 46
Cape Zebra Cockroach - Page: 46
Oxyhaloa deusta - Page: 48
Burrowing Cockroach - Page: 48
Tree Cockroach - Page: 48
Tivia termes - Page: 50
Banded Cockroach - Page: 50
Termites - Page: 52
Dry-wood Termite - Page: 52
Cryptotermes brevis - Page: 52
Southern Harvester Termite - Page: 54
Northern Harvester Termite - Page: 54
Desert Termite - Page: 56
Common Fungus-growing Termite - Page: 56
Large Fungus-growing Termite - Page: 56
Black-mound Termite - Page: 58
Flower Mantid - Page: 60
Mantids - Page: 60
Eyed-Flower Mantid - Page: 60
Leaf Mantid - Page: 60
Zebra Mantid - Page: 62
Common Green Mantid - Page: 62
Oxypiloidea tridens - Page: 62
Galinthias amoena - Page: 62
Epioscopomantis chalybea - Page: 64
Marbled Mantid - Page: 64
Grass Mantid - Page: 64
Stick Mantid - Page: 64
Giant Cone-headed Mantid - Page: 66
Cone-headed Mantid - Page: 66
Sibylla pretiosa - Page: 66
Hoplocorypha macra - Page: 66
Cone-headed Mantid - Page: 66
Large Green Mantid - Page: 66
Forficula senegalensis - Page: 68
Earwigs - Page: 68
Euborellia annulipes - Page: 68
Echinosoma wahlbergi - Page: 68
Striped Earwig - Page: 68
Web-Spinners - Page: 70
Saunders Webspinner - Page: 70
Stoneflies - Page: 72
Crickets - Page: 74
Katydids / Bush Crickets / Long-horned Grasshoppers - Page: 74
Grasshoppers - Page: 74
Henicus brevimucronatus - Page: 74
Locusts / Short-horned Grasshoppers - Page: 74
Parktown Prawn - Page: 76
Corn Cricket - Page: 78
Grey Corn Cricket - Page: 78
Green Corn Cricket - Page: 78
Meadow Katydid - Page: 80
Leaf Katydid - Page: 80
Wingless Meadown Katydid - Page: 82
Knysna Forest Ground Katydid - Page: 82
Cederberg Rock Katydid - Page: 82
Acacia Katydid - Page: 82
Brown Cricket - Page: 84
Short-winged Predatory Katydid - Page: 84
Large Leaf Katydid - Page: 84
Winged Predatory Katydid - Page: 84
Bark Katydid - Page: 84
Common Garden Cricket - Page: 86
Teleogryllus wernerianus - Page: 86
Giant Burrowing Cricket - Page: 86
Bladder Grasshopper - Page: 90
Brachytypus rotundifrons - Page: 90
Silver-spotted Bladder Grasshopper - Page: 92
Stolliana angusticornis - Page: 92
Bladder Grasshopper - Page: 92
Green Milkweed Locust - Page: 94
Toad Grasshopper - Page: 94
Milkweed Grasshopper - Page: 94
Elegant Grasshopper - Page: 96
Koppie Foam Grasshopper - Page: 96
Paralentula prasinata - Page: 98
Betiscoides meridionalis - Page: 98
Common Stick Grasshopper - Page: 98
Green Tree Locust - Page: 100
Brown Locust - Page: 100
Abisares viridipennis - Page: 100
Red Locust - Page: 100
Garden Locust - Page: 102
Tree Locust - Page: 102
Desert Locust - Page: 102
Tricolor Grasshopper - Page: 104
Elegant Grass-mimicking Grasshopper - Page: 104
Rock Grasshopper - Page: 104
Grass-mimicking Grasshopper - Page: 104
Common Redleg Grasshopper - Page: 104
Eyprepocnemis plorans - Page: 106
Catantops humeralis - Page: 106
Blue Wing - Page: 106
Stick Insects - Page: 108
Indian Stick Insect - Page: 108
Giant Stick Insect - Page: 108
Zehntneria mystica - Page: 110
Cape Stick Insect - Page: 110
Phalces tuberculatus - Page: 110
Grass Stick Insect - Page: 110
Thunbergs Stick Insect - Page: 110
Booklice / Psocids - Page: 112
Lice - Page: 114
Plant Bugs - Page: 116
Gnat Bugs - Page: 116
Bed Bugs - Page: 116
Acanthaspis obscura - Page: 118
Olive Lace Bug - Page: 118
Ammianus wahlbergi - Page: 118
Lace Bugs - Page: 118
Grass Assassin - Page: 120
Oncocephalus annulipes - Page: 120
Platychiria umbrosus - Page: 120
Millipede Assassin - Page: 120
Flower Assassin - Page: 120
Pantoleistes princeps - Page: 122
Reduvius tarsatus - Page: 122
Twig Wilters - Page: 124
Squash Bugs - Page: 124
Leaf-footed Bugs - Page: 124
Homoeocerus auriculatus - Page: 124
Giant Broad-headed Bug - Page: 126
Leptoglossus membranaceus - Page: 126
Hoplopterna alata - Page: 126
Twig Wilter Bug - Page: 126
Broad-headed Bugs - Page: 126
Giant Twig Wilter - Page: 126
Nariscus cinctiventris - Page: 128
Stenocoris apicalis - Page: 128
Tupalus fasciatus - Page: 128
Cenaeus carnifex - Page: 128
Cotton Stainer - Page: 128
Mirperus jaculus - Page: 128
Milkweed Bug - Page: 130
Spilostethus pandurus - Page: 130
Pachygrontha lineata - Page: 130
Scantius forsteri - Page: 130
Seed Bugs / Ground Bugs - Page: 130
Shield-backed Bug - Page: 132
Alphocoris indutus - Page: 132
Rainbow Shield Bug - Page: 132
Libyaspis wahlbergi - Page: 132
Graptocoris aulicus - Page: 134
Antestia lymphata - Page: 134
Ladybird Bug - Page: 134
Encosternum delegorguei - Page: 134
Green Vegetable Bug - Page: 136
Brown Shield Bug - Page: 136
Caura rufiventris - Page: 136
Antestia Bug - Page: 136
Bagrada Bug - Page: 136
Coridius nubilus - Page: 136
Sunflower Seed Bug - Page: 138
Valleriola moesta - Page: 138
Tenagovelia sjoestedti - Page: 140
Pond Skater - Page: 140
Ochterus caffer - Page: 140
Chevron Pond Skater - Page: 142
Striped Pond Skater - Page: 142
Nerthra grandicollis - Page: 142
Paraplea pullula - Page: 144
Notonecta lactitans - Page: 144
Fiebers Giant Water Bug - Page: 144
Paraplea piccanina - Page: 144
Helcita wahlbergi - Page: 148
Brixia speciosa - Page: 148
Zanna intricatus - Page: 148
Lala Palm Snout Bug - Page: 148
Perkinsiella saccharicida - Page: 148
Putala transvaalensis - Page: 150
Rhaphiophora vitrea - Page: 150
Painted Snout Bug - Page: 150
Aselgia ramulifera - Page: 150
Druentia variegata - Page: 152
Parapioxys jucundus - Page: 152
Numicia insignis - Page: 152
Cryptoflata unipunctata - Page: 152
Rhinaulax analis - Page: 154
Rain-tree Bug - Page: 154
Mulvia albizona - Page: 154
Red-spotted Spittle Bug - Page: 154
Giant Forest Cicada - Page: 156
Cicadas / Christmas Singers - Page: 156
Axe-head - Page: 156
Bladder Cicada - Page: 158
Platypleura haglandi - Page: 158
Platypleura capensis - Page: 158
Treehoppers - Page: 158
Anchon nodicornis - Page: 160
White Leafhopper - Page: 160
Vine Leafhopper - Page: 160
Blue-striped Leafhopper - Page: 160
Leafhoppers - Page: 160
Plant Lice (Aphids) - Page: 162
Aphids / Plant lice / Green flies - Page: 162
Cotton Aphid - Page: 162
Citrus Blackfly - Page: 162
Mopane Psyllid - Page: 162
Citrus Psylla - Page: 162
Red Scale - Page: 164
Sow-thistle Aphid - Page: 164
Common Rose Aphid - Page: 164
Oleander Aphid - Page: 164
Giant Willow Aphid - Page: 164
Aloe White Scale - Page: 166
Soft Brown Scale - Page: 166
Dactylopius opuntiae - Page: 166
Ceroplastes destructor - Page: 166
Long-tailed Mealy Bug - Page: 168
Horned Soft Scale - Page: 168
Australian Bug - Page: 168
Mammoth Scale - Page: 168
Thrips - Page: 170
Alderflies - Page: 172
Alderflies - Page: 172
Cape Dobson Fly - Page: 172
Alderfly - Page: 172
Antlions - Page: 174
Lacewings - Page: 174
Yellow Lacewing - Page: 174
Red Lacewing - Page: 176
Ribbonwing Lacewing - Page: 176
Broad-winged Green Lacewing - Page: 176
Grey Lacewing - Page: 176
Threadwing Lacewing - Page: 176
Ribbon-wing Lacewing - Page: 178
Antlions - Page: 178
Thread-wing Lacewing - Page: 178
Mantidflies - Page: 178
Rock Spoonwing Lacewing - Page: 178
Large Grassland Antlion - Page: 180
Creoleon africanus - Page: 180
Gregarius Antlion - Page: 180
Grassland Antlion - Page: 182
White-tip Grassland Antlion - Page: 182
Golafrus oneili - Page: 182
Dotted Veld Antlion - Page: 182
Mottled Veld Antlion - Page: 182
Hook-tailed Antlion - Page: 184
Cape Ascalaphid - Page: 184
Mottled Silky Lacewing - Page: 184
Owlflies - Page: 184
Blotched Long-horn Antlion - Page: 184
Ground Beetles - Page: 186
Velvet Ground Beetle - Page: 186
Lined Velvet Ground Beetle - Page: 186
Three-lined Velvet Ground Beetle - Page: 186
Ten-spotted Ground Beetle - Page: 188
Yellow-spotted Ground Beetle - Page: 188
Marsh Ground Beetle - Page: 188
Tyrant Ground Beetle - Page: 188
Thermophilum fornasinii - Page: 188
Beach Ground Beetle - Page: 188
Two-spotted Ground Beetle - Page: 188
Burrowing Ground Beetle - Page: 188
Tiger Beetles - Page: 190
Royal Tiger Beetle - Page: 190
Pale Tiger Beetle - Page: 190
Boeomimetes ephippium - Page: 190
Ant-mimicking Ground Beetle - Page: 190
Emerald Tiger Beetle - Page: 192
Night Tiger Beetle - Page: 192
Bombadier Ants Guest Beetle - Page: 192
Cerapterus curtisi - Page: 192
Hydaticus bivittatus - Page: 194
Yellow-edge Water Beetle - Page: 194
Water Scavenger Beetles - Page: 194
Colophon westwoodi - Page: 196
Omorgus asperulatus - Page: 196
Dung Beetles / Scarab Beetles - Page: 198
Goliath Beetle - Page: 198
Flower Chafer - Page: 198
Trox sulcatus - Page: 198
White-spotted Fruit Chafer - Page: 198
Common Dotted Fruit Chafer - Page: 200
Yellow-belted Fruit Chafer - Page: 200
Garden Fruit Chafer - Page: 200
Amethyst Fruit Chafer - Page: 200
Gold-haired Fruit Chafer - Page: 200
Emerald Fruit Chafer - Page: 200
Wild Potato Fruit Chafer - Page: 200
Zig-zag Fruit Chafer - Page: 202
Regal Fruit Chafer - Page: 202
Orange-spotted Fruit Chafer - Page: 202
Gleaming Fruit Chafer - Page: 202
Green Protea Beetle - Page: 202
Marbled Fruit Chafer - Page: 202
Large Black Nest Chafer - Page: 204
Brown Monkey Beetle - Page: 204
Oval Hairy Monkey Beetle - Page: 204
Glittering Monkey Beetle - Page: 204
Blue Monkey Beetle - Page: 204
Striped Monkey Beetle - Page: 204
Large Barred Monkey Beetle - Page: 204
Spider Monkey Beetle - Page: 206
Woolly Chafer - Page: 206
Wattle Chafer - Page: 206
Yellow Shining Leaf Chafer - Page: 206
Fork-horned Rhino Beetle - Page: 206
Rose Chafer - Page: 206
Rhinoceros Beetle - Page: 208
Grooved Dung Beetle - Page: 208
Small Green Dung Beetle - Page: 208
Green Dung Beetle - Page: 208
Bronze Dung Beetle - Page: 208
African Black Beetle - Page: 208
Sisyphus sordidus - Page: 210
Trident Dung Beetle - Page: 210
Proagoderus aciculatus - Page: 210
Plum Dung Beetle - Page: 210
Three-horned Dung Beetle - Page: 210
Flightless Dung Beetle - Page: 212
Large Copper Dung Beetle - Page: 212
Bi-coloured Dung Beetle - Page: 212
Fork-nosed Dung Beetle - Page: 212
Green Grooved Dung Beetle - Page: 212
Flattened Giant Dung Beetle - Page: 212
Jewel Beetles / Flat-headed Borers - Page: 214
Brush Jewel Beetle - Page: 214
Plum and Green Brush Jewel Beetle - Page: 214
Glittering Jewel Beetle - Page: 214
Emerald Jewel Beetle - Page: 216
Metal Jewel Beetle - Page: 216
Painted Jewel Beetle - Page: 216
Eyed Jewel Beetle - Page: 216
Meloid-mimicking Jewel Beetle - Page: 216
Giant Jewel Beetle - Page: 216
Click Beetles - Page: 216
Net-winged Beetles - Page: 218
Selasia pulchra - Page: 218
Dwarf Cross Click Beetle - Page: 218
Common Brown Click Beetle - Page: 218
Harlequin Click Beetle - Page: 218
Giant Acacia Click Beetle - Page: 218
Fireflies / Glow worms - Page: 218
Hook-winged Net-winged Beetle - Page: 220
Slender Net-winged Beetle - Page: 220
Mezium americanum - Page: 220
Museum Beetle - Page: 220
Tailed Net-winged Beetle - Page: 220
Apate femoralis - Page: 220
Shot-hole Borers - Page: 220
Dermestes maculatus - Page: 220
Promecolanguris dollmanni - Page: 222
Gymnochila varia - Page: 222
Phloeocopus ferreti - Page: 222
Green Bacon Clerid - Page: 222
Orange-and-black Clerid - Page: 222
Velvet Ant Clerid - Page: 222
Spotted Maize Beetle - Page: 224
Atractocerus brevicornis - Page: 224
Soft-winged Flower Beetles - Page: 224
Ladybird Beetles - Page: 226
Saw-toothed Grain Beetle - Page: 226
Black Two-spot Ladybird - Page: 226
Chequered Ladybird - Page: 226
Humbug Ladybird - Page: 226
Black-ringed Ladybird - Page: 226
Spotted Amber Ladybird - Page: 226
Lunate Ladybird - Page: 228
Cucurbit Ladybird - Page: 228
Nightshade Ladybird - Page: 228
Red Herbivorous Ladybird - Page: 228
Black Mealy Bug Predator - Page: 228
Potato Ladybird - Page: 228
Striped Toktokkie - Page: 230
Spindle Toktokkie - Page: 230
Ridged Seed Beetle - Page: 230
Hairy Darkling Beetle - Page: 230
Darkling Beetles / Toktokkies - Page: 230
Frantic Tortoise Beetle - Page: 230
Rounded Toktokkie - Page: 232
White-legged Toktokkie - Page: 232
Tar Darkling Beetle - Page: 232
Tortoise Darkling Beetle - Page: 232
Pitted Darkling Beetle - Page: 232
Long-legged Darkling Beetle - Page: 232
Racing-stripe Darkling Beetle - Page: 232
Large Armoured Darkling Beetle - Page: 234
Armoured Darkling Beetle - Page: 234
Tree Darkling Beetle - Page: 234
Psorodes tuberculata - Page: 234
Warty Darkling Beetle - Page: 234
Streaked Ground Beetle - Page: 234
Dusty Maize Beetle - Page: 234
Yellow Mealworm - Page: 236
Beach Darkling Beetle - Page: 236
Fuzzy Darkling Beetle - Page: 236
Royal Tree Darkling Beetle - Page: 236
Metallic Tree Darkling Beetle - Page: 236
Blister Beetles / Oil Beetles / CMR Beetles - Page: 238
Spotted Blister Beetle - Page: 238
Slender Grey Blister Beetle - Page: 238
Red-banded Blister Beetle - Page: 238
Ant Beetles - Page: 238
CMR Bean Beetle - Page: 240
Lunate Blister Beetle - Page: 240
Carpenter Bee Blister Beetle - Page: 240
Little Grey Blister Beetle - Page: 240
Green-headed Blister Beetle - Page: 240
Felt Blister Beetle - Page: 240
Oil Beetle - Page: 240
Aristogitus cylindricus - Page: 242
Zebra Longhorn - Page: 242
Orange-tree Borer - Page: 242
Pondo-pondo Longhorn - Page: 242
Common Metallic Longhorn - Page: 244
Orange Coffee Longhorn - Page: 244
Eucalypt Borer - Page: 244
Wasp Longhorn - Page: 244
Dumpy Longhorn - Page: 244
Turquoise Longhorn - Page: 244
Ocellate Longhorn - Page: 244
Swollen-legged Leaf Beetle - Page: 246
Giant Longhorn - Page: 246
Skunk Longhorn - Page: 246
Large Green Longhorn - Page: 246
Large Brown Longhorn - Page: 246
Leaf Beetles - Page: 246
Ladybird Leaf Beetle - Page: 248
Ten-spotted Leaf Beetle - Page: 248
Small-eyed Leaf Beetle - Page: 248
Tobacco Slug - Page: 248
Swollen Restio Beetle - Page: 248
Plagiodera caffra - Page: 248
Gold-spotted Leaf Beetle - Page: 248
Four-spot Leaf Beetle - Page: 248
Red Tortoise Beetle - Page: 250
Green Tortoise Beetle - Page: 250
Spotted Tortoise Beetle - Page: 250
Milkweed Leaf Beetle - Page: 252
Dune Tortoise Beetle - Page: 252
Antipus rufus - Page: 252
Fools Gold Beetle - Page: 252
Furry Grassland Beetle - Page: 252
Common Brentid - Page: 254
Xylinades rugicollis - Page: 254
Parapoderus nigripennis - Page: 254
Parapoderus submarginatus - Page: 254
Long-legged Fungus Weevil - Page: 254
Hose-nose Cycad Weevil - Page: 254
Sweet Potato Weevil - Page: 256
Pink-banded Weevil - Page: 256
Prionorhinus canus - Page: 256
Slender-snouted Weevil - Page: 256
Weevils - Page: 256
Granary Weevil - Page: 258
Lily Weevil - Page: 258
Prong-tailed Weevil - Page: 258
Obese Lily Weevil - Page: 258
Hangingflies - Page: 262
Wingless Hangingfly - Page: 262
Crane Flies / Leatherjackets - Page: 264
Six-spotted Cranefly - Page: 264
Giant Cranefly - Page: 264
Tipula soror - Page: 264
Nephrotoma antennata - Page: 264
Flies - Page: 264
Spider Cranefly - Page: 264
Bloodworm - Page: 266
Moth Flies - Page: 266
Bathroom Moth Fly - Page: 266
Mosquitoes - Page: 268
Culex fatigans - Page: 268
Culex pipiens - Page: 268
Elephant Mosquito - Page: 268
Aedes aegyptii - Page: 268
Malaria Mosquito - Page: 268
Plecia ruficollis - Page: 270
Snipe Fly - Page: 272
Soldier Fly - Page: 272
Window-waisted Fly - Page: 272
Wormlion Fly - Page: 272
Trichacantha atrunupta - Page: 272
Horse Flies - Page: 274
Striped Horse Fly - Page: 274
Suragina barnardi - Page: 274
Needle-nose Fly - Page: 274
Robber Flies - Page: 276
Cephalocera fascipennis - Page: 276
Needle-nosed Fly - Page: 276
Carpenter Bee Robber Fly - Page: 278
Gonioscelis ventralis - Page: 278
Picture-winged Robber Fly - Page: 278
Golden Robber Fly - Page: 278
Daspletis placodes - Page: 278
Alcimus tristrigatus - Page: 278
Damalis heterocera - Page: 278
Pegesimallus pulchriventris - Page: 280
Proagonistes praeceps - Page: 280
Wasp Robber Fly - Page: 280
Spider-wasp Robber Fly - Page: 280
Atriadops vespertilio - Page: 282
Prosoeca peringueyi - Page: 282
Moegistorhynchus longirostris - Page: 282
Psilodera valida - Page: 282
Psilodera fasciata - Page: 282
Bee Flies - Page: 284
Notoloomatia pictipennis - Page: 284
Exoprosopa nemesis - Page: 284
White-tipped Bee Fly - Page: 284
Golden Bee Fly - Page: 284
Condylostylus stenurus - Page: 286
Coptophlebia bivittata - Page: 286
Condylostylus - Page: 286
Asarkina africana - Page: 288
Allograpta fuscotibialis - Page: 288
Microdon testaceus - Page: 288
Phytomia incisa - Page: 288
Drone Fly - Page: 288
Mediterranean Fruit Fly - Page: 290
Lesser Cucurbit Fly - Page: 290
Fruit Flies - Page: 290
Natal Fruit Fly - Page: 290
Conops zonatus - Page: 290
Mimegralla fuelleborni - Page: 292
Red-headed Fly - Page: 292
Stalk-eyed Flies - Page: 294
Suilla picta - Page: 296
Scathophaga stercoraria - Page: 296
Piophila casei - Page: 296
Kelp Fly - Page: 298
House Fly - Page: 300
Stable Fly - Page: 300
Tsetse Fly - Page: 300
Pigeon Fly - Page: 302
Cattle Louse Fly - Page: 302
Pencillidia fulvida - Page: 302
Copper-tailed Blow Fly - Page: 302
Flesh Flies - Page: 304
European Green Blowfly - Page: 304
Tachinid Flies - Page: 304
Banded Blowfly - Page: 304
Regal Blow Fly - Page: 304
Sarcophaga pachtyli - Page: 304
Hermyia diabolus - Page: 306
Dejeania bombylans - Page: 306
Gonia bimaculata - Page: 306
Listropsylla agrippinae - Page: 308
Echidnophaga larina - Page: 308
Sand Flea - Page: 308
Cat Flea - Page: 308
Sticktight Flea - Page: 308
Fleas - Page: 308
Parasetodes maguira - Page: 310
Caddisflies - Page: 310
Dyschimus thymmifer - Page: 312
Petrothrincus circularis - Page: 312
Rhoizema saxiferum - Page: 312
Hydrosalpinx sericea - Page: 312
Chimarra ambulans - Page: 312
Butterflies - Page: 314
Silver-spotted Ghost Moth - Page: 314
Ghost Moths / Swift Moths - Page: 314
Moths - Page: 314
Brown Swift Moth - Page: 314
Goat Moths / Carpenter Moths - Page: 316
Salagena tessellata - Page: 316
Sad Goat - Page: 316
Giant Goat - Page: 316
Dusted Longhorn - Page: 316
Leopard Goat - Page: 316
Psycharium pellucens - Page: 318
Leaf Rolling Moths / Codling Moths - Page: 318
Litchi Moth - Page: 318
Eretmocera syleuta - Page: 318
Leaden Grey - Page: 318
Codling Moth - Page: 318
Clothes Moths - Page: 320
Clear-wing Moths - Page: 320
Bagworm Moths - Page: 320
Horn Moth - Page: 320
Case-bearing Clothes Moth - Page: 320
Dark Clearwing - Page: 320
Wattle Bagworm - Page: 320
Tebenna micalis - Page: 322
Schiffermuelleria pedicata - Page: 322
Grassland Moth - Page: 322
Speckled Ermine - Page: 322
Pleasant Hornet - Page: 324
Slug Moths - Page: 324
Handmaiden Moths - Page: 324
Netted Slug - Page: 324
Flaccid Slug - Page: 324
Devils Maiden - Page: 324
Yellow-sleeved Maiden - Page: 324
Heady Maiden - Page: 324
Broad-banded Latoia - Page: 326
Clouded Lattice - Page: 326
Eldana Borer - Page: 326
Rayed Slug - Page: 326
Diamond-backed Moth - Page: 326
Fourth Pearl - Page: 328
Laminated Pyrale - Page: 328
Painted Pearl - Page: 328
Bi-coloured Pearl - Page: 328
Snow Leopard - Page: 328
Florid Pearl - Page: 328
White Pearl - Page: 328
Indian Meal Moth - Page: 330
Dotted White Veneer - Page: 330
Karoo Moth - Page: 330
Grass Moth - Page: 330
Looper Moths - Page: 332
Plume Moths - Page: 332
Prickly Pear Moth - Page: 332
Many-plume Moth - Page: 332
Orange Plume Moth - Page: 332
Emeralds - Page: 334
Duster - Page: 334
Two-phase Emerald - Page: 334
Zamarada plana - Page: 334
Variable Scallop - Page: 334
Red-lined Emerald - Page: 334
Oblique Peacock - Page: 334
Gamboge Thorn - Page: 336
Wisp Wing - Page: 336
Vestal - Page: 336
Barred Carpet - Page: 336
Pied Magpie - Page: 336
Silver Lines - Page: 336
Pink Thorn - Page: 336
Victoria Emerald - Page: 336
Emperor Moths - Page: 338
Silk Moths - Page: 338
Ragged Thorn - Page: 338
Roseate Emperor - Page: 338
Grey Pennant - Page: 338
Leopard Magpie - Page: 338
Cabbage Tree Emperor Moth - Page: 340
Mimosa Moon Moth - Page: 340
Pallid Emperor - Page: 340
Leaf Emperor - Page: 340
Gold-marbled Emperor - Page: 340
Zigzag Emperor - Page: 340
Speckled Emperor Moth - Page: 340
Mopane Moth - Page: 342
Apollo Moth - Page: 342
Pine Emperor - Page: 342
White-ringed Atlas Moth - Page: 342
King Monkey - Page: 342
Fynbos Monkey - Page: 344
Clay Monkey - Page: 344
White Monkey - Page: 344
Angular Monkey - Page: 344
Incised Lappet - Page: 346
Black-lined Eggar - Page: 346
Hairy Eggarlet - Page: 346
Salammbo - Page: 346
Truncate Lappet - Page: 346
Cape Lappet Moth - Page: 346
Deaths-head Hawkmoth - Page: 348
Measly Hawk - Page: 348
Hawk Moths / Sphinx Moths - Page: 348
Arrow Sphinx - Page: 348
Fulvous Hawk Moth - Page: 348
Oleander Hawk Moth - Page: 348
Oriental Bee Hawk - Page: 350
Cape Hawk Moth - Page: 350
Common Nephele - Page: 350
Magnificent Scalloped Hawk - Page: 350
Mulberry Hawk Moth - Page: 350
African Hummingbird Hawk Moth - Page: 350
Silver-striped Hawk Moth - Page: 350
Lydenburg Buff - Page: 352
Prominent Moths / Puss Moths - Page: 352
Greyling - Page: 352
Basal Prominent - Page: 352
Matron - Page: 352
Imitating Bufftip - Page: 352
Bar Maiden - Page: 352
Reticulate Bagnet - Page: 354
Tiger Moths / Footmen - Page: 354
Processionary Caterpillar Moths - Page: 354
Wild Silkmoth - Page: 354
Equine Maiden - Page: 354
Trimens False Tiger - Page: 354
Tricolored Tiger - Page: 356
Translucent Ermine - Page: 356
Squinting Digama - Page: 356
Branched Ermine - Page: 356
Pretoria Red Lines - Page: 356
Streaked Ermine - Page: 356
Bauers Frother - Page: 356
Snouted Tiger Moths ? Moth? - Page: 358
Tussock Moths / Gypsy Moths - Page: 358
Plated Footman - Page: 358
Cheetah - Page: 358
Brown Vapourer - Page: 358
White Bear - Page: 358
Specious Tiger Moth - Page: 358
Crimson-speckled Footman - Page: 358
Powdered Gypsy Moth - Page: 360
Banded Euproctis - Page: 360
Owl Moths - Page: 360
White-barred Gypsy Moth - Page: 360
Fig-tree Moth - Page: 360
Banded Vapourer - Page: 360
Eight-spot Tussock - Page: 360
Cupreous Spiny Bollworm - Page: 362
Cape Lawn Moth - Page: 362
Silver U - Page: 362
Tomato Moth - Page: 362
Cotton Bollworm - Page: 362
Golden Plusia - Page: 362
Wavy Owl Moth - Page: 364
Stolid Lines - Page: 364
Black and White Lines Moth - Page: 364
Walkers Owl - Page: 364
Dot-underwing Fruit-piercer - Page: 364
Sundowner Moth - Page: 364
Cream-striped Owl - Page: 364
Cherry Spot - Page: 366
Red Tail - Page: 366
Dice Moth - Page: 366
Worker Turntail - Page: 366
Peach Moth - Page: 366
Common Hottentot Skipper - Page: 368
Butterflies - Page: 368
Strelitzia Night-fighter - Page: 368
Buff-tipped Skipper - Page: 368
Forest Elfin - Page: 368
African Plain Tiger - Page: 370
Two-pip Policeman - Page: 370
White-cloaked Skipper - Page: 370
Friar - Page: 370
Black-based Acraea - Page: 372
Dusky Telchinia - Page: 372
Garden Acraea - Page: 372
Polka Dot - Page: 372
Small Orange Acraea - Page: 372
Table Mountain Beauty - Page: 374
Rainforest Dull Brown - Page: 374
Cape Autumn Widow - Page: 374
Black-haired Bush Brown - Page: 374
Common Evening Brown - Page: 374
Citrus Swallowtail - Page: 376
Mocker Swallowtail - Page: 376
Narrow Green-banded Swallowtail - Page: 376
Sulphur Orange Tip - Page: 376
Mamba Swordtail - Page: 376
Southern Round-winged Orange Tip - Page: 378
Scarlet Tip - Page: 378
African Migrant - Page: 378
Southern Meadow White - Page: 378
Pioneer Caper White - Page: 378
Banded Gold Tip - Page: 378
Eastern Dotted Border - Page: 380
African Clouded Yellow - Page: 380
Cabbage White - Page: 380
Broad-bordered Grass Yellow - Page: 380
Zebra White - Page: 380
Dark Blue Pansy - Page: 382
Guineafowl - Page: 382
Garden Inspector - Page: 382
Brush-footed Butterfly - Page: 382
Southern Gaudy Commodore - Page: 382
Common Diadem - Page: 382
Gold-banded Forester - Page: 382
Painted Lady - Page: 384
Common Mother-of-Pearl - Page: 384
Golden Piper - Page: 384
White-barred Charaxes - Page: 384
African Leopard - Page: 384
Spotted Joker - Page: 384
Club-tailed Charaxes - Page: 386
Pearl Charaxes - Page: 386
Green-veined Charaxes - Page: 386
Foxy Charaxes - Page: 386
Pearl-spotted Charaxes - Page: 386
Southern Sapphire - Page: 388
Thysbe Opal - Page: 388
Common Woolly Legs - Page: 388
Swanepoels Copper - Page: 388
Silver Arrowhead - Page: 388
Southern Large Glasswing - Page: 388
Common Fig-tree Blue - Page: 390
Topaz Babul Blue - Page: 390
Common Geranium Bronze - Page: 390
Steel-blue Ciliate Blue - Page: 390
Brenton Cupid - Page: 390
Vivid Pierrot - Page: 390
Ants / Sawflies / Wasps / Bees - Page: 392
Sirex Woodwasp - Page: 392
Pear Slug - Page: 392
Sawflies - Page: 392
Archibracon servillei - Page: 394
Apanteles acraea - Page: 394
Osprynchotus gueinzii - Page: 394
Leucospis ornata - Page: 396
Pteromalus puparum - Page: 398
Bruchophagus aloineae - Page: 398
Brachymeria kassalensis - Page: 398
Acacia Gall Wasp - Page: 398
Smicromyrme atropos - Page: 400
Dolichomutilla sycorax - Page: 400
Campsomeriella caelebs - Page: 400
Stilbum cyanurum - Page: 400
Chrysis concinna - Page: 400
Scolia wahlbergi - Page: 400
Mutilla astarte - Page: 400
Spider-hunting Wasps - Page: 402
Cyphononyx optimus - Page: 402
Hemipepsis tamisieri - Page: 402
Episyron histrio - Page: 402
Dichragenia jacob - Page: 402
Tachypompilus ignitis - Page: 402
Batozonellus fuliginosus - Page: 402
Paper Wasps - Page: 404
Yellow Jacket - Page: 404
Allepipona perspicax - Page: 404
Polistes fastidiotus - Page: 404
Paper Wasps - Page: 404
Delta lepeleterii - Page: 406
Tricarinodynerus guerinii - Page: 406
Parachilus capensis - Page: 406
Delta hottentottum - Page: 406
Afreumenes aethiopicus - Page: 406
Orange-tipped Potter Wasp - Page: 406
Mud Daubers / Sand Wasps - Page: 408
Potter Wasp - Page: 408
Ceramius lichtensteinii - Page: 408
Synagris analis - Page: 408
Isodontia stanleyi - Page: 410
False Mud Dauber - Page: 410
Cricket Hunter - Page: 410
Isodontia simoni - Page: 410
Podalonia canescens - Page: 410
Digger Wasp - Page: 410
Isodontia pelopoeiformis - Page: 410
Mud Dauber Wasp - Page: 410
Thread-waisted Wasp - Page: 412
Tachytes observabilis - Page: 412
Watsonia Wasp - Page: 412
Stizus fuscipennis - Page: 412
Prionyx kirbyi - Page: 412
Bee Wolf - Page: 414
Flowerpot Wasp - Page: 414
Bembecinus laterimacula - Page: 414
Brown Membrane Bee - Page: 414
Carder Bee - Page: 416
Parafidelia major - Page: 416
Nomia amabilis - Page: 416
Ceratina nasalis - Page: 418
Megachile chrysorrhoea - Page: 418
Megachile combusta - Page: 418
Carpenter Bee - Page: 418
Honey Bee - Page: 420
Amegilla atrocincta - Page: 420
Thyreus delumbatus - Page: 420
Amegilla caelestina - Page: 420
Allodapula variegata - Page: 420
Tailor Ant - Page: 422
Streblognathus aethiopicus - Page: 422
African Stink Ant - Page: 422
Red Driver Ant - Page: 422
Drop-tail Ant - Page: 424
African Thief Ant - Page: 424
Harvester Ant - Page: 424
Black Cocktail Ant - Page: 424
Fire Ant - Page: 424
Argentine Ant - Page: 426
Tetramorium capense - Page: 426
Polyrhachis gagates - Page: 426
Spotted Sugar Ant - Page: 426
Pugnacious Ant - Page: 426
Bal-byter Sugar Ant - Page: 426
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