Atlas Hymenoptera: Les Xylocopa d'Afrique
Insect or Invertebrates Identification - DONE
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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
The Giant Xylocopa flavorufa is brown black and females without bands
Atlas Hymenoptera: Les Xylocopa d'Afrique
Atlas Hymenoptera: Les Xylocopa d'Afrique
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
I did find a picture purporting to be Xylocopa flavorufa but it was misidentified if your site is correct.Toko wrote:The Giant Xylocopa flavorufa is brown black and females without bands
Atlas Hymenoptera: Les Xylocopa d'Afrique
There are a two differences between my picture and the Xylocopa caffra bees that I see in my garden.
1. Black eyes - all of the Xylocopa caffra I have seen have yellow/brown eyes with black spots.
2. This bee has huge mandibles which I haven't seen on Xylocopa caffra but this may be that they keep them tucked away when they are foraging.
Another candidate could be Xylocopa inconstans, it occurs in my area and some have white bands!
Great Carpenter Bee link BTW.
Hunting cannot be considered a sport as all contestants in a sport should know they are playing the game!
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Another tick!Toko wrote:I think, you hit the nail
I'm happy if you want to put it on the page as Xylocopa inconstans.
Until someone disputes it 
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Re: Insect or Invertebrates ID Needed?
This is a Common Rain Spider. It's in the Spider book viewtopic.php?f=247&t=3235&p=144574#p144574.Amoli wrote:What kind of spider is this?
I thought it could be a golden orb
Taken at the office in the basement (Johannesburg)
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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Eureka! This looks like an Epaulet Skimmer female (Orthetrum chrysostigma).Toko wrote:BluTuna wrote:More to be identified for the AW Insect books.
Red-Veined Dropwing?????? It looks a bit different to the ones I usually see.
Hunting cannot be considered a sport as all contestants in a sport should know they are playing the game!
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Me also Eureka!BluTuna wrote:Eureka! This looks like an Epaulet Skimmer female (Orthetrum chrysostigma).Toko wrote:BluTuna wrote:More to be identified for the AW Insect books.
Red-Veined Dropwing?????? It looks a bit different to the ones I usually see.
Teneral female Two-striped Skimmer Orthetrum caffrum.
The Epaulet has only one white stripe
and this one has the two distinct thoracic stripes. Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
You are quite right (as usual)Toko wrote:Me also Eureka!BluTuna wrote:Eureka! This looks like an Epaulet Skimmer female (Orthetrum chrysostigma).Toko wrote:BluTuna wrote:More to be identified for the AW Insect books.
Red-Veined Dropwing?????? It looks a bit different to the ones I usually see.
Teneral female Two-striped Skimmer Orthetrum caffrum.
The Epaulet has only one white stripe
The Two-striped Skimmer also occurs in my area Hunting cannot be considered a sport as all contestants in a sport should know they are playing the game!
