Insect or Invertebrates Identification - DONE

[Richprins]

Ladies!

[Klipspringer]

I now try to capture the beauty of insects through photography, and the Kgalagadi has some really wonderful specimens.

This is a Bembix. Do you have more photos, a dorsal view would help to Id to species level.

We have a photographic key with abdomen pattern here

https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... on_biology

[Klipspringer]

Bark Mantiid (Tarachodes sp.?)

We do a quiz here: Which one of the mantids below matches ExFmem's from KTP?





ExFmem will give the winner half a giraffe photo

Here the key
http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiq ... enopodidae

Or it might be O. namibiana

[Klipspringer]

26. October - Kruger

Quiz #2: Which species is this?



https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/ANNA_100B_0019-0059.pdf

[Klipspringer]

9.a like a leaf - Kruger - Punda Maria

b

Brown Leaf Mantid Dystacta alticeps green form

They come in a wide variety of colours, from green or yellow to cream or almost pure white.

Description here
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4042705/

[Lisbeth]

Oxipiloidea Tridens? (Top left)

[Klipspringer]

Oxipiloidea Tridens? (Top left)

You are the winner!

[Lisbeth]

Where is my price?

[Klipspringer]

ExFmem will give you the prize

[Lisbeth]

I certainly hope so!