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LacewingMAP:   236
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2732CD
Observer:   Tippett Ryan Matthew
Date of record:   2014-11-14
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Found in a tree at the edge of the sand forest.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   328640
Species name:   Myrmeleon obscurus
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-236
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 236 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansel
Comment:   female of a common pit-building antlion. Fairly common and widespread throughout SA
Date:   2014-11-16 18:15:31
Species name:   Myrmeleon obscurus
Species code:   328640

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