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LacewingMAP:   10535
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2929BC
Observer:   Prosser Geoff
Date of record:   2018-01-05
Number of photos:   1
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-10535
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 10535 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   Fairly widespread in South Africa. Adults often sit concealed in long grass – their pale coloration matching long dry grass. Larvae construct pitfall traps in sheltered situations, and the larvae have characteristically marked legs. It is fairly common in the Grahamstown area, and the Drakensberg.
Date:   2018-01-09 16:19:16
Species name:   Myrmeleon lanceolatus
Species code:   328620

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