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LepiMAP:   7759
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3030CD
Observer:   Dobson R.A.
Date of record:   2009-02-23
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Final Instar larvae of Lachnocnema laches with attending ants
Last updated:   2014-07-16 17:08:11
Sp. code:   440380
Species name:   Lachnocnema laches
Common name:   Southern pied woolly legs -- Suidelike bontwolpootjie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-7759
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 7759 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   Again Richard can you please send me a high res version? Do you have a shot of it eating homopterans? Cheers Steve
Date:   2009-12-12 21:55:58
Species name:   Lachnocnema laches -- Southern pied woolly legs; Suidelike bontwolpootjie
Species code:   440380

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