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LacewingMAP:   9680
Province:   Free State
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2828BC
Observer:   du Plessis D
Date of record:   2008-05-28
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Indoors
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:   Hemerobiidae
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-9680
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9680 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   Possibly Micromus africanus. This species is very widespread in Africa: Ethiopia Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, Mauritius, Comores, Reunion. In SA it is known from ECape and KZN. The species is highly variable, complicating its identification. All known larvae of Hemerobiidae are voracious and active predators that live on plants and actively pursue prey such as aphids and other small Homoptera. They are consequently valuable biocontrol agents.
Date:   2016-06-17 18:34:01
Species name:   FAMILY Hemerobiidae -- Unidentified Hemerobiidae
Species code:   325540

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