Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 4:37 pm
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Insect or Invertebrates Identification - DONE
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Better not try to "help" any more Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 5:01 pm
Thanks for all the clues and IDs on the beetles, Toko. I will dig deeper into your suggested families, etc. 
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 10:01 pm
Frantic Tortoise Beetle Zophosis sp.Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Tentyriinae or Pimeliinae??
I get conflicting listings and if I have to read one more thesis on taxonomy revisions of this genus/tribe etc. someone is gonna get hurt around here 
Tribe: Zophosini.
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 10:24 pm
Tenebrionidae
Pimeliinae
Zophosini
looks more charming to me
Pimeliinae
Zophosini
looks more charming to me
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Thu May 01, 2014 12:02 am
This is also a hairy darkling beetle (Lagria)BluTuna wrote:Sunday morning, another exquisite autumn day.
A new Beetle.
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Thu May 01, 2014 12:06 am
Wolf spider, family LycosidaeFlutterby wrote:Any idea what spider this is? Found it in the Brat's bedroom.
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Thu May 01, 2014 11:10 am
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Fri May 02, 2014 5:43 pm
Looks good to me. The description in Picker, Griffiths, Weaving matches very well ( dull metallic brown, green, or violet, etc) but also says there are many similar species. What about posting as Lagria sp. possibly vulnerata?Toko wrote:Tenebrionidae. Lagriinae. Lagriini, I thinkExFmem wrote:Beetlemania
Imfolozi
Similar to Lagria vulnerata, do we search into this genus or tribe
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Fri May 02, 2014 5:47 pm
you get a "yes" from me 
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Fri May 02, 2014 7:12 pm
Is this Allodapula variegata? I see there is already an entry in the book, but the reason I ask is that it was taken in KTP and the distribution in Picker, etc. only shows it on the far eastern coastal edge of S. Africa, so was wondering if maybe it's some other species.
