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Based on your astute recognition of color variations, Toko, can we add this to the Dictyophorus spumans entry based on these IDs?Toko wrote:
This might be another
Koppie Foam Grasshopper Dictyophorus spumans
They come in different morphs, I think
nan wrote:I think you are right... a Mantid with the "teeth" on the pawExFmem wrote:The first pic had me thinking it was an insect w/ a pointed snoutnan wrote:9.a like a leaf- Kruger - Punda Maria
, then I realized its head was under the wood plank
Don't the forelegs and triangular head shape in the second pic look like a mantid?
I never thought of that
Toko, I now see on the next page or so you already drew that same conclusion I'm trying to whittle down the unknowns before I add even more to the list... 
it was so nice... why I wanted to chase it... happily I didn'tExFmem wrote:
nan, would you like to write it up since it's your find? (If you want it open its wings you need to be more ferocious, you're just too sweet
)
post it under katydids (grasshopper)
ExFmem wrote:nan wrote: 26. October - Kruger
Stick mantis Hoplocorypha sp.
Family Thespidae
Members of this genus are known collectively as African stick mantises.
https://picasaweb.google.com/1037881000 ... isMantodea
have no clue and have nothing for reference 
I think Scoliidae, Mammoth WaspBluTuna wrote: Another new one was this Bee, which I suspect is from the Rediviva Sp.
Looks like a better ID than my guessToko wrote:I think Scoliidae, Mammoth WaspBluTuna wrote: Another new one was this Bee, which I suspect is from the Rediviva Sp.
BluTuna wrote:Hi Wynand,
Here are some more angles on that bee.
I hope these help. I can't see any projections but that's probably because I don't know what to look for. Could you ring the projections (or where they are supposed to be) on one of the pictures please?
Is this a similar oneToko wrote:ExFmem wrote:
Imfolozi
??? (No idea, really)
Plasterer and Masked Bee
Family Colletidae vs.
Membrane Bee
Megachilidae
or
Sweat Bees and Flower Bees Nomia sp.,
Family Halictidae
OR
...NONE OF THE ABOVE
Have no idea either, but would exlude Halictidae
Colletidae; Subfamily: Hylaeinae perhaps, but that might be totally wrong
I am useless with bees
