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LacewingMAP:   16402
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2831DD
Observer:   Johnstone R
Date of record:   2019-12-26
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-03-31 18:21:16
Sp. code:   320560
Species name:   Ascalaphus bilineatus
Common name:   Owlfly
Family:   Ascalaphidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   owlfly
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-16402
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 16402 - photo: 1
VM-number: 16402 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   There are two different individuals in the photos - not sure they are the same species. The male looks like A. bilineatus, while the female looks more like A. festivus.
Date:   2020-01-14 11:26:46
Species name:   Ascalaphus bilineatus -- Owlfly
Species code:   320560

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