Atlas of African Neuroptera and Megaloptera

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LacewingMAP:   9186
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2627BB
Observer:   Labuschagne Jacobus
Date of record:   2015-10-15
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Photographed under a verandah light
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   322900
Species name:   Chrysoperla sp.
Common name:  
Family:   Chrysopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-9186
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9186 - photo: 1
VM-number: 9186 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   Probably C. pudica, but cannot be sure - need to see full wing venation. Chrysoperla species lay batched of stalked eggs, and the larvae often carry the empty skins of their prey in their backs to enhance camouflage - hence the name "trash carriers"
Date:   2016-01-14 08:36:23
Species name:   Chrysoperla sp.
Species code:   322900

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