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Goggapot

Post subject: Re: Butterfly / moth ID needed

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 1:04 pm

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Location: Randfontein

Thanks BushSnake. I really appreciate it. You really are a great help. Thanks :clap:

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kjii

Post subject: Unknown caterpillar

Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 10:44 pm

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What butterfly will it become?

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BushSnake

Post subject: Re: Unknown caterpillar

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:39 am

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Location: Waar die enigste slang 'n tuinslang is...Joburg

The larva you photographed is definitely a moth larva and not a butterfly larva. But unfortunately I can't tell you which moth. These hairy caterpillars are normally of the family Lasciacampidae (monkey moths), but I con't even be 100% sure it is one of them.

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Kreetja

Post subject: Re: Unknown caterpillar

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:27 pm

Joined: Tue Mar 16, 2010 12:35 pm
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Location: White River

Hi

this caterpillar reminds me of the big green one in "a bug's life"... it is about 8-10cm long... i found it on the ground when we were clearing a path over the weekend but i have no idea what tree or plant it was in before that... i live outside white river mpumalanga... the spikey things are shiny silver although they look white in the pic...
any idea what caterpillar it is and what it will turn into?

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RonnieL

Post subject: Re: Insect ID needed

Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 1:01 pm

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Joined: Tue Sep 21, 2010 6:52 am
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Location: Port Elizabeth RSA

Hi Guys,

I need some help.

I took this pic recently in the Addo Park of these butterflies sitting on fresh and still wet elephant dung.
I have seen this before in the park and also outside of the park where I have seen these same butterflies sitting on cow dung and even on the damp soil where livestock have urinated or any damp soil for that matter.

I want to know what are they doing and are they able to obtain liquids and nutrients from the dung and urine?

Thanking you :thumbs_up:

Ronnie

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arks

Post subject: Re: Butterfly ID needed

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 3:27 am

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Joined: Sun Mar 20, 2005 5:53 pm
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Location: Cambridge, MA (and home from home in Darling, WC)

Here's another butterfly that I need ID help on. Seen in my garden in Darling in September 2010.

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arks

Post subject: Re: Butterfly ID needed

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 10:46 pm

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Anyone?

arks wrote:

Here's another butterfly that I need ID help on. Seen in my garden in Darling in September 2010.

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WildWings

Post subject: Re: Butterfly ID needed

Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 9:58 am

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Looks like a Cabbage White (Pieris brassicae), accidentally introduced into the Western Cape from Europe and first recorded in 1994.

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arks

Post subject: Re: Butterfly ID needed

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 1:17 am

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Thanks for the ID, WildWings, and the additional info. Sorry to hear that it's an invader :evil:

And welcome to the forum as well! Great to have a(nother) knowledgeable new member

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arks

Post subject: Re: Butterfly ID needed

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 10:27 pm

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Here's another butterfly that I need ID help with, seen in my garden in Darling in October 2010.

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arks

Post subject: Re: Butterfly ID needed

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 2:32 pm

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Anyone?

arks wrote:

Here's another butterfly that I need ID help with, seen in my garden in Darling in October 2010.

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Caracal

Post subject: Re: Butterfly ID needed

Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:53 pm

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Joined: Thu Oct 05, 2006 10:44 pm
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Location: Cape Town-but dreaming of KTP
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I am using my iPad at the moment Arks so the photos come out rather small. I will try to ID this one for you tomorrow....

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Caracal

Post subject: Re: Butterfly ID needed

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:38 pm

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Hi Arks..I am taking a bit of a guess here ....either a Geranium Bronze (Cacyreus marshalli)
or a Dickson's Geranium Bronze (cacyreus dicksoni)

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arks

Post subject: Re: Butterfly ID needed

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 9:32 pm

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Thanks so much for the ID help, Caracal. I googled a bit and that looks right, just too bad my pix aren't a bit clearer

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Caracal

Post subject: Re: Butterfly ID needed

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 9:45 pm

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You're welcome Arks !

Glad I could help

You and I think alike..I hate not knowing what I have taken a photo of. I need to put a name to everything :thumbs_up:

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