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LepiMAP:   17834
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2930DD
Observer:   Carter A
Date of record:   2011-05-01
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Observed sitting in the same spot for over two hours in an Umzimbeet tree and appeared to be feeding on something that the ants were also attracted too.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   440210
Species name:   Lachnocnema bibulus
Common name:   Common woolly legs -- Wolpootjie
Family:   LYCAENIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Common Woolly Legs
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-17834
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 17834 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mark Williams
Comment:   Feeding on a scale insect (Hemiptera)
Date:   2011-05-11 08:03:28
Species name:   Lachnocnema bibulus -- Common woolly legs; Wolpootjie
Species code:   440210
Comment number:   2
By:   Christopher Willis
Comment:  
Date:   2011-05-15 14:40:49
Species name:   Lachnocnema bibulus -- Common woolly legs; Wolpootjie
Species code:   440210

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