The Little Creatures of Namibia Photo Gallery by Rick & José van der Weijde at pbase.com

The Little Creatures of Namibia

We saw at least 92 species (78 to species level) of invertebrates (and some more are waiting to be determined).
These are divided in the following species groups:
- 9 species of Dragonflies (Odonata);
- 15 species (12 to species level) of Locusts and Crickets (Orthoptera);
- 1 species of Stick Insect (Phasmida);
- 4 species of Mantis (Mantodea);
- 1 species of True Bugs (Hemiptera);
- 2 species of Net-Winged Insects (Neuroptera);
- 13 species (11 to species level) of Beetles (Coleoptera);
- 8 species (5 to species level) of Ants, Bees and Wasps (Hymenoptera);
- 15 species of Butterflies (Lepidoptera);
- 16 species of Moths (Lepidoptera);
- 2 species of Flies (Diptera);
- 5 species (3 to species level) of Spider (Araneae);
- 1 species of Scorpion (Scorpiones).

Currently, this gallery contains 126 photo's of 51 species.

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Scopula minorata ssp.	Ligariella bicornuta	Common Grass Katydid Tylopsis continua	Cream-Striped Owl Cyligramma latona	Belonogaster lateritia
Long-Tailed Blue Lampides boeticus	Painted Lady Vanessa cardui	Dotted Veld Antlion Palpares sobrinus	Banded-Legged Golden Orbweaver Trichonephila senegalensis annulata	Banded-Legged Golden Orbweaver Trichonephila senegalensis annulata
Damara Copper Aloeides damarensis damarensis	Damara Copper Aloeides damarensis damarensis	Dotted Blue Tarucus sybaris linaeris	Dotted Blue Tarucus sybaris linaeris	Dotted Blue Tarucus sybaris linaeris
Eupterotidae indet.	Black-Striped Hairtail Anthene amarah amarah	Black-Striped Hairtail Anthene amarah amarah	Grass Jewel Freyeria trochylus	Grass Jewel Freyeria trochylus
Grass Jewel Freyeria trochylus	Grass Jewel Freyeria trochylus	Cerceris Wasp Cerceris spec.	Cerceris Wasp Cerceris spec.	Cerceris Wasp Cerceris spec.
Cerceris Wasp Cerceris spec.	Crimson-Speckled Footman Utetheisa pulchella pulchella	Brown-Spotted Locust Cyrtacanthacris tatarica tatarica	Brown-Spotted Locust Cyrtacanthacris tatarica tatarica	Brown-Spotted Locust Cyrtacanthacris tatarica tatarica
Mictoschema tuckeri	Brunner's Melidia Melidia brunneri	Brunner's Melidia Melidia brunneri	Cream-Striped Owl Cyligramma latona	Giant Rain Locust Lamarckiana cucullata
Giant Rain Locust Lamarckiana cucullata	Giant Rain Locust Lamarckiana cucullata	Scintharista magnifica	Toad Grasshopper Trachypetrella anderssonii	Toad Grasshopper Trachypetrella anderssonii
Toad Grasshopper Trachypetrella anderssonii	Toad Grasshopper Trachypetrella anderssonii	Cerocala vermiculosa	Anterhynchium fallax	Delta lepeleterii formosum
Brown Armoured Ground Cricket Acanthoplus discoidalis	Brown Armoured Ground Cricket Acanthoplus discoidalis	Red-Veined Dropwing Trithemis arteriosa arteriosa	Red-Veined Dropwing Trithemis arteriosa arteriosa	Southern Banded Groundling Brachythemis leucosticta
Red-Veined Dropwing Trithemis arteriosa arteriosa	Red-Veined Dropwing Trithemis arteriosa arteriosa	Red-Veined Dropwing Trithemis arteriosa arteriosa	Red-Veined Dropwing Trithemis arteriosa arteriosa	Schizonycha spec.
Camponotus fulvopilosus	Brown Locust Locustana pardalina	Brown Armoured Ground Cricket Acanthoplus discoidalis	Pebble Locust Puncticornia puncticornis	Brown Armoured Ground Cricket Acanthoplus discoidalis
Brown Locust Locustana pardalina	Brown Locust Locustana pardalina	Brown Locust Locustana pardalina	Brown Locust Locustana pardalina	Brown Locust Locustana pardalina
Brown Locust Locustana pardalina	Brown Locust Locustana pardalina	Brown Locust Locustana pardalina	Brown Locust Locustana pardalina	African Grass Blue Zizeeria knysna knysna
African Grass Blue Zizeeria knysna knysna	Scarlet Darter Crocothemis erythraea	Scarlet Darter Crocothemis erythraea	Lydomorphus thoracicus	Doubleday's Tip Colotis doubledayi
Lydomorphus thoracicus	Lydomorphus thoracicus	Lydomorphus thoracicus	Lydomorphus thoracicus	Desert Locust Schistocerca gregaria flaviventris
Desert Locust Schistocerca gregaria flaviventris	Desert Locust Schistocerca gregaria flaviventris	Desert Locust Schistocerca gregaria flaviventris	Red-Veined Dropwing Trithemis arteriosa arteriosa	Red-Veined Dropwing Trithemis arteriosa arteriosa
Salisbury Sprite Pseudagrion salisburyense	Salisbury Sprite Pseudagrion salisburyense	Julodis humeralis	Hycleus versutus	Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
Orange-Winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi	Orange-Winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi	Orange-Winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi	Orange-Winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi	Orange-Winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi
Orange-Winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi	Orange-Winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi	Unknown Grasshopper Acrotylus spec.	Unknown Grasshopper Acrotylus spec.	Orange-Winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi
Orange-Winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi	Unknown Grasshopper Acrotylus spec.	Green Hooktail Paragomphus genei	Green Hooktail Paragomphus genei	Green Hooktail Paragomphus genei
Green Hooktail Paragomphus genei	Orange-Winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi	Orange-Winged Dropwing Trithemis kirbyi kirbyi	Ulotrichopus tinctipennis	Brown Locust Locustana pardalina
Sphingonotus scabriculus	Sphingonotus scabriculus	Euryphyminae indet.	Euryphyminae indet.	Robberfly Unknown Neolophonotus spec.
Dabbled Namib Darkling Beetle Onymacris rugatipennis albotessellata	Dabbled Namib Darkling Beetle Onymacris rugatipennis albotessellata	Wall Crab Spider Anyphops spec.	Namib Desert Dune Ant Camponotus detritus	Namib Desert Dune Ant Camponotus detritus
Desert Locust Schistocerca gregaria flaviventris	Brown Armoured Ground Cricket Acanthoplus discoidalis	Brown Locust Locustana pardalina	Oedaleus plenus plenus	Oedaleus plenus plenus
Sphingonotus scabriculus