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LacewingMAP:   9800
Province:   North-East Province
Country:   Botswana
Locus:   2127BA
Observer:   du Plessis D
Date of record:   2016-10-09
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Eastern Hardveld
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   328540
Species name:   Myrmeleon sp.
Common name:  
Family:   Myrmeleontidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Myrmeleon
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-9800
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 9800 - photo: 1
VM-number: 9800 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This is probably the larva of a species of Myrmeleon, judging from the pits and sand-trails. All species of this genus construct the typical and well known cone-shaped pits.
Date:   2016-10-13 17:59:53
Species name:   Myrmeleon sp.
Species code:   328540

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