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LacewingMAP:   17361
Province:   Ngamiland
Country:   Botswana
Locus:   1923CD
Observer:   Myburgh G
Date of record:   2020-10-09
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Best I could manage. Another seen 12/10/2020 - no pic; Far more skittish in the day than at night. All very large
Last updated:   2021-01-17 14:43:50
Sp. code:   329380
Species name:   Palpares cataractae
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Palpares ?
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-17361
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 17361 - photo: 1
VM-number: 17361 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   Originally described from Victoria Falls - hence the name cataractae. This is a very large and robust species that is uncommon, occasionally being attracted to light. Known from the northern and eastern parts of SA, Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. It is one of the early summer fliers. Larvae unknown.
Date:   2021-01-17 14:43:50
Species name:   Palpares cataractae
Species code:   329380

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