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LacewingMAP:   16045
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3322CC
Observer:   Adam S
Date of record:   2019-04-18
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-03-31 18:21:16
Sp. code:   322340
Species name:   FAMILY Chrysopidae
Common name:   Unidentified Chrysopidae
Family:   Chrysopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Chrysopidae
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-16045
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 16045 - photo: 1
VM-number: 16045 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   A larva of Chrysopidae, green lacewings. The larvae all live freely on vegetation, and are voracious predators, often used in biological control programmes. Their main prey comprises aphids and other small homopterans.
Date:   2019-04-22 18:29:47
Species name:   FAMILY Chrysopidae -- Unidentified Chrysopidae
Species code:   322340

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