Examples of the waterbodies and habitat types sampled in the Garden Route National Park (pictures taken during the summer survey in mid-February 2017). a Stream in the Plaatbos forest, Storms River (site 4) b main channel of the Storms River where the bridge crosses near the public picnic site (site 6) c the main channel of the Groot River at Nature’s Valley (site 13) d marshy pond at Plaatbos, Storms River (site 3) e stream crossing a hiking trail in the Plaatbos forest, Storms River (site 2) f small stream on the Kalanderkloof hiking trail, Nature’s Valley (site 9) g DTB examining water beetles at a pond in the Harkerville forest (site 15) h pond in the Diepwalle forest (site 19) i the authors hard at work sampling a pond at Nature’s Valley (site 12) adjacent to the Groot River j typical Southern Afrotemperate Forest habitat at Harkerville.