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LacewingMAP:   10405
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3228BD
Observer:   Grobler Q
Date of record:   2017-11-12
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Id status:   Identification pending
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-10405
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 10405 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This is a first record of the family from the Eastern Cape Province. This species is known from Limpopo and KZN and extends into Mozambique and Zambia. Osmylids are rarely encountered, but widespread in southern and central Africa. The larvae are semi-aquatic, living on the edges of streams where they prey on larvae of Chironomidae (Diptera) and other soft-bodied insects that live in the water. Very nice record!
Date:   2017-11-27 17:19:01
Species name:  
Species code:   0

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