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

What butterfly will it become?

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.

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?

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
Ronnie

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

Anyone?

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

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

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

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

Anyone?

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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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)

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

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