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LepiMAP:   2564
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2627BB
Observer:   du Toit M.
Date of record:   2008-04-23
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   18/4/2008 - First noticed this caterpillar on a wire beneath a fibreglass sheet on the veranda. This photo taken on 23/4/08. Are the white things wasp eggs? Over the next weeks, the caterpillar occasionally changed position, sometimes moved a few inches, a few times moved a couple of metres, It couldn’t have eaten, as there was no food there.
Id status:   Identification pending
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-2564
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 2564 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:   The white things are probably wasp pupae cases.
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:  
Species code:   0

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