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

Too beautiful, to be nameless

very special one

ExFmem wrote:(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

BluTuna wrote:

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

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

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

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

ExFmem wrote: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?