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LacewingMAP:   17201
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2330DC
Observer:   Jessnitz V; Tommy Curley
Date of record:   2020-09-23
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2021-02-23 09:24:49
Sp. code:   327840
Species name:   Cueta sp.
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-17201
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 17201 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This is the larva of a Cueta species. Pits are frequently encountered, mostly in sheltered situation, but frequently in the open. The pits of Cueta species are always encountered in the open, never sheltered, and they are able to endure very high temperatures, but can retreat to a vertical shaft, constructed below the pit to escape extreme heat.
Date:   2021-02-23 09:24:49
Species name:   Cueta sp.
Species code:   327840

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