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
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
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
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
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
nilgai
Boselaphus tragocamelus
flag cone
Conus vexillum
Scimitar-horned Oryx
Oryx dammah
sitatunga
Tragelaphus spekii
Perlemoen
Haliotis midae
Clown beetle
Acritus komai
Ensign wasp
Evania appendigaster
gemsbok
Oryx gazella
blue wildebeest
Connochaetes taurinus
Chinese jumper worm
Amynthas gracilis
Japanese jumper worm
Amynthas corticis
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