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Euphorbia mauritanica (Beesmelkbos, Geelmelkbos)

LifeEmbryophyta (plants) Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Order: Malpighiales >  Family: Euphorbiaceae

Euphorbia mauritanica bushes in West Coast Strandveld at Langebaan (Western Cape, South Africa). The insects in the remaining images were all photographed at this site.

Insects are attracted to some sort of secretion on the flowers of E. mauritanica. Shown here is a species of Sawfly (Hymenoptera: Symphyta)

Unidentified flies on E. mauritanica flowers.

Unidentified beetle apparently feeding on pollen of E. mauritanica flower.

Another species of beetle feeding on pollen.

Text and photos by Hamish Robertson  


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