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LacewingMAP:   9530
Province:   Central Province
Country:   Botswana
Locus:   2025AC
Observer:   du Plessis D
Date of record:   2016-02-19
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Island woodland. Sand on game path.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   326920
Species name:   FAMILY Myrmeleontidae
Common name:   Unidentified Myrmeleontidae
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Myrmeleontidae
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-9530
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9530 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   These are the characteristic pits of antlion larvae. possibly of the genus Myrmeleon. This is the most widespread of all antlion genera and is represented on all continents. pits are frequently encountered, mostly in sheltered situation, but frequently in the open.
Date:   2016-02-25 18:36:47
Species name:   FAMILY Myrmeleontidae -- Unidentified Myrmeleontidae
Species code:   326920

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