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LacewingMAP:   484
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2929DB
Observer:   Grant Christeen
Date of record:   2015-03-15
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Lavae pits in dry sandy soil. The adult flew into the house in the evening.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   329340
Species name:   Palpares caffer
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Mottled Veld Antlion
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-484
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 484 - photo: 1
VM-number: 484 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansel
Comment:   Please previous comments on this species. Please note that the pits are those of a Myrmeleon or Hagenomyia and not of P. caffer whose larvae are freeliving in soil
Date:   2015-04-07 09:21:47
Species name:   Palpares caffer
Species code:   329340

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