South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Ajuga
Ajuga reptans
Alder
Alnus glutinosa
aoudad
Ammotragus lervia
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
blackbuck
Antilope cervicapra
Black Cutworm
Agrotis ipsilon
Bloodwort
Achillea millefolium
Addax
Addax nasomaculatus
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
Meal Moth
Pyralis farinalis
Cabbage Moth
Plutella xylostella
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
Indian Meal Moth
Plodia interpunctella
Bamboo longhorn beetle
Chlorophorus annularis
Khapra beetle
Trogoderma granarium
Cottony cushion scale
Icerya purchasi
Lesser wax moth
Achroia grisella
Redclaw
Cherax quadricarinatus
Bathroom Moth Fly
Clogmia albipunctatus
Mite
Polyphagotarsonemus latus
Human flea
Pulex irritans
Bark lice
Liposcelis bostrychophila
blackbuck
Antilope cervicapra
Springtail
Brachystomella parvula
Moss Springtail
Neanura muscorum
Staph beetle
Philonthus varians
Mushroom Springtail
Ceratophysella denticulata
Ash whitefly
Siphoninus phillyreae
Cat flea
Ctenocephalides felis
Codling Moth
Cydia pomonella
black rat
Rattus rattus
fallow deer
Dama dama
False codling moth
Thaumatotibia leucotreta
Cutworm
Callopistria maillardi
Thrips
Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis
Thrips
Thrips tabaci
Eucalyptus longhorn borer
Phoracantha semipunctata
Moth
Grapholita molesta
vestal
Rhodometra sacraria
Western flower thrips
Frankliniella occidentalis
Springtail
Proisotoma minuta
Garlic Snail
Oxychilus alliarius
Privet mite
Brevipalpus obovatus
Japanese jumper worm
Amynthas corticis
cellar glass snail
Oxychilus cellarius
Chinese jumper worm
Amynthas gracilis
blue wildebeest
Connochaetes taurinus
Draparnaud's Glass Snail
Oxychilus draparnaudi
Cat
Felis catus
Maritime earwig
Anisolabis maritima
Deodar Weevil
Pissodes nemorensis
Russian wheat aphid
Diuraphis noxia
chital
Axis axis
Mite
Tetranychus evansi
jumping spiders
Menemerus bivittatus
jumping spiders
Plexippus paykulli
gemsbok
Oryx gazella
Hairy Marron
Cherax tenuimanus
Basker
Euchromia lethe
Honey bee tracheal mite
Acarapis woodi
Ensign wasp
Evania appendigaster
Clown beetle
Acritus komai
Perlemoen
Haliotis midae
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