South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Kebsh el Gebel
Ammotragus lervia
kharwa'a
Ricinus communis
Alder
Alnus glutinosa
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
blackbuck
Antilope cervicapra
Black Cutworm
Agrotis ipsilon
Bloodwort
Achillea millefolium
Ajuga
Ajuga reptans
Ecoregions
Knysna-Amatole montane forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Afrotropic
Highveld grasslands
Montane Grasslands & Shrublands · Afrotropic
Albany thickets
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub · Afrotropic
Kalahari xeric savanna
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands · Afrotropic
Southern Africa mangroves
Mangroves · Afrotropic
All Species in South Africa
Honey bee mite
Varroa destructor
Marsh Springtail
Isotomurus palustris
Cosmopolitan Springtail
Entomobrya nivalis
Weevil
Stenopelmus rufinasus
Dwarf weaver
Prinerigone vagans
Common Drone Fly
Eristalis tenax
Bamboo longhorn beetle
Chlorophorus annularis
Springtail
Tomocerus minor
Cottony cushion scale
Icerya purchasi
Dark Mottled Willow
Spodoptera cilium
Redclaw
Cherax quadricarinatus
Bathroom Moth Fly
Clogmia albipunctatus
Mite
Polyphagotarsonemus latus
Bryozoan
Watersipora subtorquata
Bark lice
Liposcelis bostrychophila
blackbuck
Antilope cervicapra
Springtail
Brachystomella parvula
Moss Springtail
Neanura muscorum
Staph beetle
Philonthus varians
Mushroom Springtail
Ceratophysella denticulata
Tube-building worm
Hydroides elegans
Common Shipworm
Teredo navalis
Scar Bank Gem
Ctenoplusia limbirena
Asian Tiger Mosquito
Aedes albopictus
shallot aphid
Myzus ascalonicus
House Centipede
Scutigera coleoptrata
Carmine spider mite
Tetranychus urticae
bird cherry-oat aphid
Rhopalosiphum padi
spiny starfish
Marthasterias glacialis
European rabbit
Oryctolagus cuniculus
sika deer
Cervus nippon
Ocean Sunfish
Mola mola
Eurasian pine adelgid
Pineus pini
blood worm
Lumbricus rubellus
cotton aphid
Aphis gossypii
Wormwood Plume
Hellinsia lienigianus
Garden Millepede
Oxidus gracilis
potato aphid
Macrosiphum euphorbiae
California scale
Diaspidiotus perniciosus
giant earwig, tawny earwig
Labidura riparia
brown slug
Deroceras laeve
dooryard sowbug
Porcellio laevis
Gray Field Slug
Deroceras reticulatum
beautiful grass snail
Vallonia pulchella
lesser grain borer
Rhyzopertha dominica
Plumed Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna eytoni
ribbed grass snail
Vallonia costata
dull glass snail
Aegopinella nitidula
Longbodied cellar spider
Pholcus phalangioides
Bark Snail
Zonitoides arboreus
Meal Moth
Pyralis farinalis
brown sea anemone
Metridium senile
Cabbage Moth
Plutella xylostella
Rove beetle
Oligota pusillima
Indian Meal Moth
Plodia interpunctella
Rove beetle
Oligota parva
Staph beetle
Habrocerus capillaricornis
Khapra beetle
Trogoderma granarium
Lesser wax moth
Achroia grisella
captain cone
Conus capitaneus
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