Atlas of African Neuroptera and Megaloptera

Record details

LacewingMAP:   10344
Province:   Northern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3024DC
Observer:   van Dyk Zenobia
Date of record:   2017-10-05
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   322900
Species name:   Chrysoperla indet.
Common name:   Chrysoperla indet.
Family:   Chrysopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Unknown
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-10344
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 10344 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   Possibly 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:   2017-11-28 16:20:08
Species name:   Chrysoperla indet. -- Chrysoperla indet.
Species code:   322900

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