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LacewingMAP:   294
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2929CB
Observer:   Manson A.
Date of record:   2014-12-21
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   328620
Species name:   Myrmeleon lanceolatus
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-294
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 294 - photo: 1
VM-number: 294 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansel
Comment:   looks like a rather teneral specimen. Flies in the Drakensberg area this time of the year. Widespread in eastern SA. Larvae build pits in sheltered situations
Date:   2014-12-27 09:26:29
Species name:   Myrmeleon lanceolatus
Species code:   328620

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