Insect or Invertebrates Identification - DONE

[Toko]

The one from the saphotographs.blogspot matches with the drawing, perhaps the one from the field guide is wrong

[ExFmem]

While we're waiting for a response from an expert, maybe this one will be easier?


Hoplocoryphella grandis ?
Family Thespidae
Subfamily: Hoplocoryphinae

Thespidae are a small family of lightly built mantids with elongate slender prothorax.


all KTP



The Tibia of fore limbs is less than half the length of the femur on which it closes and a remarkably widened "hammer-shaped" head…



Head Shape:



# 48 shows the small protrusions on the head of H. grandis, which seems to match.



The other genus in Thespidae, Hoplocorypha, is not found in the KTP area.

What 'cha think?

[Toko]

You rock

[Toko]

Hi

I am doing our Crabronids revision now

Garden in Johannesburg

Digger Wasp was correct and it is a Stizus sp.

[Toko]

© BluTuna
Kruger National Park

A Bembix sp., so we were not bad for a start

[Toko]

Larrine Square-headed Wasp
Family Crabronidae (Bee Wolves and Sand Wasps)
Subfamily Crabroninae (Square-headed Wasps)
Tribe Larrini






Oct. & Nov. Kgalagadi TP

Biology
Solitary predatory wasps, provisioning nest with paralyzed prey for consumption by the larvae.

Also very good this ID and it might be a Miscophus sp.


I hope you will agree, my dear classmates

[BluTuna]

Looks great to me Obi-Wan!

[Toko]

Must I go to exil

[BluTuna]

Only if Darth is around

[Toko]

but first I have another Id, to species level