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LacewingMAP:   10277
Province:   Sofala
Country:   Mozambique
Locus:   1835BC
Observer:   Wursten B.
Date of record:   2017-03-25
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   321940
Species name:   Tmesibasis laceratus
Common name:   Owlfly
Family:   Ascalaphidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Tmesibasis lacerata
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-10277
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 10277 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This beautiful species is widespread in southern Africa, extending to the DRC in the north. Also most SA provinces, except the Cape provinces. The beautifully patterned enhance its crypsis when at rest. Eggs are laid in batches on branches and twigs and the larvae live exposed, albeit well camouflaged, and are known as "sit-and-wait or ambush predators.
Date:   2017-07-18 16:54:40
Species name:   Tmesibasis laceratus -- Owlfly
Species code:   321940

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