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LacewingMAP:   9105
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2431CD
Observer:   Kennedy D.
Date of record:   2015-07-18
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Looks like it may have broken free from a spider web. There seems to be web fragments at the rear of the abdomen.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   321680
Species name:   Neomelambrotus molestus
Common name:   Owlfly
Family:   Ascalaphidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Owlfly Fam. Ascalaphidae Neomelambrotus sp.
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-9105
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9105 - photo: 1
VM-number: 9105 - photo: 2
VM-number: 9105 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   Very nice record of this scarce species. The genus is mostly western in distribution, but this species also occurs in the eastern parts of SA and extends into Zimbabwe and records from Botswana. The collection date is also interesting, confirming that it is one of the few owlflies that are present in winter. Nothing is know about immature stages.
Date:   2015-08-02 18:10:17
Species name:   Neomelambrotus molestus -- Owlfly
Species code:   321680

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