Other species

Mammals

African Bush Elephant Loxodonta africana

Sykes’ Monkey Cercopithecus albogularis albogularis

South African Vervet Chlorocebus pygerythrus pygerythrus

Chacma Baboon Papio ursinus

Cape Porcupine Hystrix africaeustralis

Smith's Bush Squirrel Paraxerus cepapi

Acacia Tree Rat Thallomys paedulcus

Scrub Hare Lepus saxatilis

Peters’s Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus crypturus

Wildcat Felis silvestris lybica

Lion Panthera leo

Leopard Panthera pardus

African Civet Civettictis civetta

Common Genet Genetta genetta

Cape (Large-spotted) Genet Genetta tigrina

Yellow Mongoose Cynictis penicillata

Slender Mongoose Galerella sanguinea

Common Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula

Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta

Black-backed Jackal Canis mesomelas

Plains (Burchell’s) Zebra Equus quagga burchelli

White Rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum

Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus

Common Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius

(Southern) Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis

Impala Aepyceros melampus

Red Hartebeest Alcelaphus caama

Black Wildebeest Connochaetes gnou

Blue Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus

Blesbok Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi

Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis

Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus

Oribi Ourebia ourebi

Steenbok Raphicerus campestris

African Buffalo Syncerus caffer

Common Eland Taurotragus oryx

Nyala Tragelaphus angasii

Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus

Greater Kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros

Bush (Common) Duiker Sylvicapra grimmia

Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus

Vaal (Grey) Rhebok Pelea capreolus

Southern Reedbuck Redunca arundinum

Amphibians

Guttural Toad Ameitophyrynus gutturalis

African Red Toad Schismaderma carens

Reptiles

Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus

Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus

Rainbow Skink Trachylepis quinquetaeniata

Striped Skink Trachylepis striata

Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia

Cape Dwarf Gecko Lygodactylus capensis

Southern Rock Agama Agama atra

Southern Tree Agama Acanyrocercus atricollis

Black Mamba Dendroaspis polylepis
Leopard Tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis

Butterflies and Moths

Those identified where:

Halictina andraenipennis

Hamartia medora

Citrus Swallowtail Papilio demodocus

Common Grass Yellow Eurema hecabe

African Emigrant Catopsilia florella

Brown-veined White Belenois aurota

Small Orange Tip Colotis evagore

Common Orange Tip Colotis evenina

Orange and Lemon Eronia leda

African Tiger/African Monarch Danaus chrysippus

Painted Lady Vanessa cardui

Guineafowl Nymphalis daedalus

Garden Acraea Acraea horta

Layman Amauris albimaculata

Squinting Bush Brown Bicyclus anyana

African Tiny Grass Blue Zizula gaika

Pellucid Hawkmoth Cephonodes hylas

Heady Maiden Amata cerbera

Streaked Ermine Estigmene linea

Sundowner Moth Sphingomorpha chlorea

Variable Drab Ophiusa mejanesi

Shadowed Droplet Acontia umbrigera

Teracotona rhodophaea

Plecopterodes moderata

Angular Monkey Poloma angulata

 Phalera Lydenburgi

Dragonflies

Only one species positively identified.

Common Thorntail Ceratogomphus pictus

We did see several that were almost certainly, Emperor, Lesser Emperor and Migrant Emperor’s.

Grasshoppers

Only 2 species positively identified

Ochrophlebia cafra

Koppie Foam Grasshopper Dictyophorus spumans

True Bugs

Varus flavoannulatus

Bees

Only one species positively identified

Xylocopa senior

Beetles

Only 6 species positively identified

Cypholoba alveolata 

Armoured Darkling Beetle Anomalipus expansicollis

Hycleus lugens

Lasiopezus nigromaculatus

Black Longhorn Beetle Aulacopus reticulatus

Zoodes liturifer