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LacewingMAP:   518
Province:   Maputo
Country:   Mozambique
Locus:   2532DA
Observer:   de Beer Len
Date of record:   2015-04-11
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   322900
Species name:   Chrysoperla sp.
Common name:  
Family:   Chrysopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-518
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 518 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   The larva of a Chrysoperla species, possibly C. pudica. Picture shows the characteristic "trash-carrying habit, where they place the dry exuviae of their prey on the back to enhance camouflage
Date:   2015-05-03 13:01:12
Species name:   Chrysoperla sp.
Species code:   322900

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