Atlas of African Neuroptera and Megaloptera

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LacewingMAP:   338
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3118DC
Observer:   Basson Handre; Professor Clarke Scholtz; Jonathan Neumann
Date of record:   2015-01-08
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   325540
Species name:   FAMILY Hemerobiidae
Common name:   Unidentified Hemerobiidae
Family:   Hemerobiidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Brown Lacewing larva
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-338
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 338 - photo: 1
VM-number: 338 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansel
Comment:   Larva of a brown lacewing - family Hemerobiidae. Larvae are sometimes known as "aphis lions" because they are voracious predators of Homoptera
Date:   2015-01-24 17:02:00
Species name:   FAMILY Hemerobiidae -- Unidentified Hemerobiidae
Species code:   325540

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