South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
achillée mille-feuilles
Achillea millefolium
acore
Acorus calamus
Addax
Addax nasomaculatus
Agave d'Amérique
Agave americana
agrostis géant
Agrostis gigantea
Aloès Candélabre
Aloe arborescens
Antilope Cervicapre
Antilope cervicapra
Aoudad de Barbarie
Ammotragus lervia
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
giant crab spiders
Heteropoda venatoria
miniature awlsnail
Subulina octona
Beet Webworm
Spoladea recurvalis
Spanish Dot
Antigastra catalaunalis
Crambid Moth
Duponchelia fovealis
Waste Grass-veneer
Pediasia contaminella
Necklace veneer moth
Euchromius ocellea
Yellow-underwing Pearl
Uresiphita gilvata
Brown Widow
Latrodectus geometricus
Tube dwelling amphipod
Jassa marmorata
Thrips
Thrips palmi
Oriental Rat Flea
Xenopsylla cheopis
Moth
Opogona omoscopa
wood-boring amphipod
Chelura terebrans
red flowerhead polyp
Coryne pusilla
Spider
Urozelotes rusticus
Silky feather-winged beetle
Acrotrichis sericans
Spiny Bollworm
Earias biplaga
Honey bee mite
Varroa destructor
Marsh Springtail
Isotomurus palustris
Cosmopolitan Springtail
Entomobrya nivalis
Weevil
Stenopelmus rufinasus
Dwarf weaver
Prinerigone vagans
Eel pest
Pseudodactylogyrus anguillae
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
Bark lice
Liposcelis bostrychophila
Springtail
Brachystomella parvula
Moss Springtail
Neanura muscorum
Staph beetle
Philonthus varians
Mushroom Springtail
Ceratophysella denticulata
Tube-building worm
Hydroides elegans
Cucumber moth
Diaphania indica
Lobster cockroach
Nauphoeta cinerea
Cheese skipper
Piophila casei
Blow Fly
Lucilia sericata
Black soldier fly
Hermetia illucens
rat cone
Conus rattus
soldier cone
Conus miles
Durham slug
Arion flagellus
flag cone
Conus vexillum
Clown beetle
Acritus komai
Ensign wasp
Evania appendigaster
Chinese jumper worm
Amynthas gracilis
Japanese jumper worm
Amynthas corticis
Privet mite
Brevipalpus obovatus
Springtail
Proisotoma minuta
Maritime earwig
Anisolabis maritima
Deodar Weevil
Pissodes nemorensis
Russian wheat aphid
Diuraphis noxia
Eucalyptus longhorn borer
Phoracantha semipunctata
Mite
Tetranychus evansi
jumping spiders
Menemerus bivittatus
jumping spiders
Plexippus paykulli
Cutworm
Callopistria maillardi
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