Insect or Invertebrates Identification - DONE

[BluTuna]

Sorry Toko, I think this was the only angle I got.

[Toko]

Too beautiful, to be nameless

[nan]

very special one

[Toko]

(That wall I've been banging my head against has taken so much abuse lately, it's about to fall down.)

Need some help: What cricket is this please?


KTP

Gryllodes sigillatus female



My first idea was 100% nonsense (at least I have an apt smiley!), it must be Gryllidae, Gryllinae

[Toko]

This is the family Tortricidae and it looks like subfamily Olethreutinae, perhaps tribe Olethreutini

The closest genus I found is Lobesia

Have checked here a bit what ouccurs in the subfamily http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/lep ... obesia.htm

[BluTuna]

I agree, it looks very much like Lobesia but the species is anyone's guess.

[ExFmem]

Love your new smileys, Toko Will enter the cricket now (except the part about the STDs they get from nematodes... )

[Toko]

Heureka

Not Lobesia, but Eccopsis incultana

Note to myself: Do never trust these lists but definitely recorded from SA

http://www.westafricanlepidoptera.com/s ... d=2074&bk=

Another rubbish first idea, but at least I was in the correct subfamily and tribe

[BluTuna]

[Toko]

Grass Stick Insect Maransis sp.??




KTP

Not according to this list, there is nothing in the family for the Northern Cape
http://www.ru.ac.za/static/departments/ ... lidae.html

Maransis not either in Namibia



giant stick insect Palophus reyi is recoreded not far from KTP

http://www.kalahari-meerkats.com/filead ... arch07.pdf

Palophus = Bactrodema, but what is the correct genus name?