Africa Wild

Kruger

Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family Tettigometridae
Hilda patruelis ?

According to Picker, Griffiths, etc they can be brown or olive green…

Photo here:
http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/bug ... ruelis.htm

What do you think?

ExFmem wrote:Re:

Calliphoridae, Rhiniinae. Probably a Rhyncomya species per Diptera.info.

Okay to proceed?
I suppose I should put it under Rhiniidae, not Calliphoridae, however.

Go ahead

ExFmem wrote:
Kruger

Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family Tettigometridae
Hilda patruelis ?

According to Picker, Griffiths, etc they can be brown or olive green…

Photo here:
http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/bug ... ruelis.htm

What do you think?

At first glance I don't think it's this one - will try to find out

BluTuna wrote:
I also noticed these two beautiful moths near an outside light.

Ctenoplusia dorfmeisteri for the first one

http://www.google.de/imgres?sa=X&espvd= ... CGAQrQMwAw


Second one looks simiar to this one?
http://www.google.de/imgres?start=141&b ... EK0DMDk4ZA

ExFmem wrote:
Kruger

I received the following ID from Diptera.info: Tephritidae
2 species (of Sosiopsila) in SAR, metadacus Speiser and rotunda Munro

This one is Sosiopsila metadacus Speiser 1915

Will prceed w/ that ID.

Great how these guys are able to ID

http://books.google.de/books?id=0PoBn0o ... la&f=false

Toko wrote:

BluTuna wrote:
I also noticed these two beautiful moths near an outside light.

Ctenoplusia dorfmeisteri for the first one

http://www.google.de/imgres?sa=X&espvd= ... CGAQrQMwAw


Second one looks simiar to this one?
http://www.google.de/imgres?start=141&b ... EK0DMDk4ZA

I thought they were the same species but they obviously aren't

Both of your IDs look good to me

Nov. Nossob Walking Trail



I've looked through all the pics on the African Moths link (subSaharan Africa section) without success. Thanks!

BluTuna wrote:It's strange how a type of insect suddenly appears in multitudes. I suppose it's the time of year that they hatch.

I saw the first of these moths about ten days ago and now they are everywhere.

Rhodometra sacraria

Toko wrote:

BluTuna wrote:It's strange how a type of insect suddenly appears in multitudes. I suppose it's the time of year that they hatch.

I saw the first of these moths about ten days ago and now they are everywhere.

Rhodometra sacraria

The Vestal Moth!