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LacewingMAP:   230
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2732CD
Observer:   Tippett Ryan Matthew
Date of record:   2014-11-10
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   327780
Species name:   Creoleon mortifer
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Adult Antlion
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-230
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 230 - photo: 1
VM-number: 230 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansel
Comment:   fairly common and widespread throughout SA. Looks like a female ovipositing, which would indeed be a rare sighting - antlions are normally very secretive when laying their eggs
Date:   2014-11-16 18:28:40
Species name:   Creoleon mortifer
Species code:   327780

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