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LacewingMAP:   10335
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2917DC
Observer:   Murray Kevin
Date of record:   2017-09-30
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Habitat: Rocky low shrub E-facing slope
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   320480
Species name:   FAMILY Ascalaphidae
Common name:   Unidentified Ascalaphidae
Family:   Ascalaphidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Owl Fly
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-10335
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 10335 - photo: 1
VM-number: 10335 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This is a very unusual specimen, that I cannot even place to genus - sorry. it is characteristic in the blue-black coloration. Owlflies are active predators, usually hawing their prey on the wing at dusk. Most larvae live on branches and tree trunks and are well camouflaged ambush predators, while a few live under stones, often in very hot and arid conditions.
Date:   2017-10-03 18:08:21
Species name:   FAMILY Ascalaphidae -- Unidentified Ascalaphidae
Species code:   320480

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