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Lapeirousia silenoides Life
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A long-proboscid Nemestrinid fly (Prosoeca
peringueyi) pollinating Lapeirousia silenoides on Garies
Hoogte in Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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A Spotted blister beetle (Ceroctis capensis),
eating a flower of Lapeirousia silenoides in spring in the Hardeveld,
Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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| Lapeirousia silenoides flowering in cracks
on a granite dome. Hardeveld, Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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