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Monkey Beetle I&#039;m afraid I have been unable to identify the exact species here, but here is an extract from the South African national Biodiversity Institute:<br />
South Africa is a centre of diversity for monkey beetles, with more than 65% of the world&rsquo;s monkey beetle species and 40% of the genera concentrated here. Currently, over 1 040 described species and 51 genera of monkey beetle are known from South Africa. Remarkably, almost half of the world&rsquo;s species are concentrated in the winter-rainfall region of South Africa, with the Fynbos and Succulent Karoo Biomes being hotspots of monkey beetle diversity, both in numbers of species and in the huge diversity of different shapes, sizes and colour forms. Monkey beetles pollinate many different plant species, especially daisy and bulb flowers.  Geotagged,Monkey beetles,South Africa,beetles,insects,south africa Click/tap to enlarge

Monkey Beetle

I'm afraid I have been unable to identify the exact species here, but here is an extract from the South African national Biodiversity Institute:
South Africa is a centre of diversity for monkey beetles, with more than 65% of the world’s monkey beetle species and 40% of the genera concentrated here. Currently, over 1 040 described species and 51 genera of monkey beetle are known from South Africa. Remarkably, almost half of the world’s species are concentrated in the winter-rainfall region of South Africa, with the Fynbos and Succulent Karoo Biomes being hotspots of monkey beetle diversity, both in numbers of species and in the huge diversity of different shapes, sizes and colour forms. Monkey beetles pollinate many different plant species, especially daisy and bulb flowers.

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Uploaded Oct 22, 2014. Captured Oct 21, 2014 12:04 in N2, South Africa.
  • Canon EOS 7D
  • f/13.0
  • 1/400s
  • ISO640
  • 100mm