Top 20 Most Common Insects in Hermanus

Western honey bee（Apis mellifera） is the most common species of honeybee in the world. Among the first domesticated insects, its cultural and economic impact on humanity has been vast and far-reaching, providing honey, wax and its services as a pollinator. Western honey bee faces challenges worldwide, such as colony collapse disorder, and populations are thought to be decreasing.

The species is on the IUCN Red List as not endangered, year of assessment 2009.

Adult females can be from 3 - 4 cm long. Males are slightly smaller (body length 2.5 cm) and have dark brown wings, which are absent in females. It is stoutly built, with a reddish head and brown to black body segments with prominent yellow margins. The femora are heavily spined, with the hind tibiae having two very broad ridges with only two rows of spurs. Family groups are found in late summer and autumn: a brood of black nymphs, a wingless female and two or more males, all living in a hidden crack. When alarmed, it raises its abdomen into the air and squeaks loudly; it also releases a foul-smelling liquid from glands on the back when handled and alarmed, producing an indelible brown stain on skin.

It has a typical wingspan of 45–50 mm for males and 49–53 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round, but are more common from October to April.

The wingspan is 4.5 - 6 cm.

The wingspan is 5 - 6 cm for males and 5 - 7 cm for females.

The species is found in tropical Africa.

The painted lady is a migratory butterfly that spends part of the year in Northern Africa and then migrates to Europe during the warmer months. Although the adults feed on nectar from flowers, the larvae feed on the leaves of nettles and thistles.

Crematogaster peringueyi is an ant species from the subfamily of the Myrmicinae. The scientific name of the species was first validly published in 1895 by Emery.