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Sundowner Moth Sphingomorpha chlorea Family: Noctuidae, Subfamily: Catocalinae or: Family: Erebidae. Subfamily: Erebinae http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag333/AfricaWildButterfly/Moths%20Lepidoptera/Noctuidae/Sphingomorpha_chlorea_wynand_zps9d05f4d1.jpg © wynand Riverine forest, Blyde River, ...

Duke wrote:The Kruger National Park – the site of the most poaching – makes up 150km of the 410km border between Mozambique and SA.

I make it 350km of the 480km border between Moz and SA.

Toko wrote:Male Dusky Acraea Telchinia esebria

Indeed, and a nice shot too!

Toko wrote: Family Carabidae, Subfamily Scaritinae

Agree.

Richprins wrote:There is a big thread here: viewtopic.php?f=197&t=1141

Where the topic gets discused quite actively!

Whoops. Sorry. All of 40 pages in that thread. I'll need some time to catch up.

How long does it actually take for a horn to grow, from the base to a average size/weight??? I don't know what would be considered average size. I would guess the value goes up exponetially with weight and length, the biggest specimens probably fetching prime prices as whole showpieces in the ...

Some confirmations or, at least, agreements and two suggestions: The armoured darkling beetle: Anomalipus , yes! But not A. elephas, which is a bit more robust and has more ridges on the elytra. This is a diverse genus in SA and I can't offer any help beyond genus. Penculate ground beetle ...

South Africa was notably absent at a conference on illegal wildlife trade held in the UK last week Not entirely correct. SA was represented at the conference by the DDG and two other delegates. The declaration, I believe, was supported but technically it could not be signed by the SA delegates ...

Nice skimmer shots, BluTuna. I concur. The top one is an Epaulet Skimmer, Orthetrum chrysostigma . The pale diagonal stripe on the thorax is visible. The second one, I believe, is a teneral male Julia Skimmer, Orthetrum julia falsum . Blackish pterostigmata and a green thorax with black diagonal ...

Further reading reveals that it must be of dubius species group due to distribution and within this group, only S. dubius has the yellow femora barred with black. :shock: Well, done, reading further. It looked a bit daunting to me. The specimen photographed does seem to be an exact match with the ...