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LacewingMAP:   9877
Province:   Matabeleland North
Country:   Zimbabwe
Locus:   2028BA
Observer:   Pegg Nicola
Date of record:   2014-11-23
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Attracted to light. Couldn't get well-focused photo.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   320480
Species name:   FAMILY Ascalaphidae
Common name:   Unidentified Ascalaphidae
Family:   Ascalaphidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Owl fly
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-9877
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9877 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   A species of owl-fly, family Ascalaphidae. It is a female in characteristic pheromone-emitting posture. Sorry, cannot determine further.
Date:   2016-11-28 17:19:04
Species name:   FAMILY Ascalaphidae -- Unidentified Ascalaphidae
Species code:   320480

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