Painted Lady feeding on a nodding thistle on the farm. The Walsingham Farm, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa (2024). Formerly known as Acraea acara subsp. acara but revised by Williams & Henning (2023). Male and female. Upperside. Ground-colour reddish-ochreous, basal areas olivescent-ochreous-brown. Cilia black, alternated with white. Forewing with an outwardly-oblique black irregular-shaped broken… Continue reading Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Tag: cosmopolitan
Small goose barnacle (Lepas pectinata)
Small goose barnacles attached on a ram's horn squid shell washed on the beach. Port Alfred, Eastern Cape (2024). White small stalked barnacle with a light-brown always short peduncle. Body shelled with thick striated plates. Scutum round and broad, with a ridge so forward that it appears not to have one. Tergum triangular and pointy.… Continue reading Small goose barnacle (Lepas pectinata)
Goose barnacle (Lepas anserifera)
Close-up of goose barnacles attached on the sole of a shoe washed ashore. Port Alfred, Eastern Cape (2024). Off-white stalked barnacle. Shelled body flat, triangular in shape and compressed, wide at bottom and narrowing to a point.Shell plates (5) calcareous, not overlapping and with no gaps in between, with orange edges, covered with radiating ridges… Continue reading Goose barnacle (Lepas anserifera)
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