Atlas of the Neuroptera and Megaloptera

Record details

LacewingMAP:   10437
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2430AB
Observer:   Jessnitz V
Date of record:   2017-12-07
Number of photos:   2
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-10437
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 10437 - photo: 1
VM-number: 10437 - photo: 2

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:   2017-12-13 17:56:53
Species name:   Chrysoperla sp.
Species code:   322900

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