Under the Microscope: Master of Disguise With...
What's under the microscope this week? Feast your eyes on this master of disguise whose 'skull' and sounds might be used for trickery.
New Discovery by the Grootbos Entomology Team!
We’re excited to share that our entomology team has confirmed a new record for our pinned insect collection!
During a recent BioBlitz, a rare hoverfly - Paramixogaster acantholepidis - was collected. Hoverflies are important (and often overlooked) pollinators, playing a key role in our ecosystem.
This particular species is myrmecophilous, meaning its larvae grow up inside ants' nests - in this case, those of the Lepisiota capensis, the small black sugar ant, which is common in our landscape.
