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LepiMAP:   1096
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2528CC
Observer:   Webb P.
Date of record:   2008-01-29
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   This was the only one seen, in fact the only one I have ever seen. Fast flying, at first I thought it was a bee fly. Flew just above the ground, fortunately settled close to me, on the wing during the day.
Last updated:   0000-00-00 00:00:00
Sp. code:   624460
Species name:   FAMILY SESIIDAE
Common name:   Unidentified SESIIDAE
Family:   SESIIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-1096
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1096 - photo: 1
VM-number: 1096 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Hermann Staude
Comment:   Sesiidae, Sesioidea.
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2015-05-09 16:21:16
Species name:   FAMILY SESIIDAE -- Unidentified SESIIDAE
Species code:   624460

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