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The Christmas beetle may be a Schizonycha sp. There are 300 or so species recorded from Africa.

They have these long thin legs ;-)


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The rhino beetle could be a Cyphonistes vallatus female. But females are difficult.


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I think you are spot on with Patania/Pleuroptya balteata. ^Q^


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Another dragonfly, Nelspruit summer:
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Orthetrum julia falsum male ^Q^


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O/\ O/\

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Klipspringer wrote: ↑Tue Jun 14, 2022 10:48 am The Christmas beetle may be a Schizonycha sp. There are 300 or so species recorded from Africa.

They have these long thin legs ;-)
Great, thanks! :ty:

According to this site, there are 23 species of Schizonycha in Namibia.
Still to much to get to species-level...


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Klipspringer wrote: ↑Tue Jun 14, 2022 11:06 am The rhino beetle could be a Cyphonistes vallatus female. But females are difficult.
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Klipspringer wrote: ↑Tue Jun 14, 2022 11:08 am I think you are spot on with Patania/Pleuroptya balteata. ^Q^
Great, good to hear. I still have a few more moths I have to work on. Coming back soon. ;-)


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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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corotauria wrote: ↑Thu Jun 16, 2022 9:53 pm
Klipspringer wrote: ↑Tue Jun 14, 2022 10:48 am The Christmas beetle may be a Schizonycha sp. There are 300 or so species recorded from Africa.

They have these long thin legs ;-)
Great, thanks! :ty:

According to this site, there are 23 species of Schizonycha in Namibia.
Still to much to get to species-level...

There is a key, but the photo does not show enouph detail.
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/pag ... 9/mode/1up


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