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LacewingMAP:   9356
Province:   Maputo
Country:   Mozambique
Locus:   2632DD
Observer:   de Beer Len ; Daniel de Beer, Jemma de Beer
Date of record:   2015-12-21
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Sorry Mervyn, this is a little sad for the ant-lion, but interesting for spider lovers like me. It is the first time I have seen Menus do its thing.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   326920
Species name:   FAMILY Myrmeleontidae
Common name:   Unidentified Myrmeleontidae
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-9356
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9356 - photo: 1
VM-number: 9356 - photo: 2
VM-number: 9356 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   An antlion, possibly a Myrmeleon - or even a new genus! What a pity that it fell to some nefarious predator! Absolute sacrilege, but an interesting picture nonetheless
Date:   2016-01-06 16:07:24
Species name:   FAMILY Myrmeleontidae -- Unidentified Myrmeleontidae
Species code:   326920

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