South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
hint yagi
Ricinus communis
Alder
Alnus glutinosa
Bloodwort
Achillea millefolium
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
blackbuck
Antilope cervicapra
Black Cutworm
Agrotis ipsilon
aoudad
Ammotragus lervia
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
horse
Equus caballus
Brown Bryozoan
Bugula neritina
Bulrush Veneer
Calamotropha paludella
cobweb spiders
Steatoda grossa
Olive-tree Pearl
Palpita vitrealis
Woodwasp
Sirex noctilio
Pacific oyster
Magallana gigas
African Carnation Tortrix
Epichoristodes acerbella
Spitting Spider
Scytodes thoracica
Tortricid moth
Crocidosema plebejana
long-neck field slug
Deroceras panormitanum
Moth
Monopis monachella
common blow flie
Calliphora vicina
Radford's Flame Shoulder
Ochropleura leucogaster
impala
Aepyceros melampus
European Red Mite
Panonychus ulmi
Potato rot nematode
Ditylenchus destructor
tamarix leafhopper
Opsius stactogalus
Citrus flower moth
Prays citri
Egyptian Bollworm
Earias insulana
Morning-glory leafminer moth
Bedellia somnulentella
Orange-tipped sea squirt
Corella eumyota
Soft brown scale
Coccus hesperidum
Ringlegged earwig
Euborellia annulipes
Tomato russet mite
Aculops lycopersici
Dowdy Plume
Stenoptilia zophodactylus
Barn Funnel Weaver
Tegenaria domestica
Pink soilworm
Aporrectodea rosea
Grey worm
Aporrectodea caliginosa
Yellow potato cyst nematode
Globodera rostochiensis
Summer Groundling
Scrobipalpa obsoletella
jumping spiders
Hasarius adansoni
Tunbridge Wells Gem
Chrysodeixis acuta
Yorkshire Y
Cornutiplusia circumflexa
minute gem
Hawaiia minuscula
red crust
Cryptosula pallasiana
Chevron Snout
Hypena lividalis
lechwe
Kobus leche
aurochs
Bos taurus
ass
Equus asinus
Skeleton shrimp
Caprella equilibra
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
waterbuck
Kobus ellipsiprymnus
wood-boring amphipod
Chelura terebrans
sable antelope
Hippotragus niger
red flowerhead polyp
Coryne pusilla
Spider
Urozelotes rusticus
Silky feather-winged beetle
Acrotrichis sericans
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