Africa Wild

Posted: **Thu Jan 01, 2015 9:07 pm**

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

Posted: **Sun Jan 04, 2015 12:00 am**

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?

Posted: **Sun Jan 04, 2015 12:57 am**

$O/\$ $O/\$ $O\/$ $O/\$

You rock

Posted: **Mon Jan 05, 2015 9:31 pm**

Hi

I am doing our Crabronids revision now

BluTuna wrote:

Garden in Johannesburg

Digger Wasp was correct and it is a Stizus sp.

$O/\$ $O/\$ $O/\$

Posted: **Mon Jan 05, 2015 9:35 pm**

BluTuna wrote:
© BluTuna
Kruger National Park

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

Posted: **Mon Jan 05, 2015 9:39 pm**

ExFmem wrote: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. $O\/$ $O\/$ $O\/$

I hope you will agree, my dear classmates

Posted: **Mon Jan 05, 2015 9:43 pm**

Looks great to me Obi-Wan!

Posted: **Mon Jan 05, 2015 9:45 pm**

Must I go to exil

Posted: **Mon Jan 05, 2015 10:09 pm**

Only if Darth is around

Posted: **Mon Jan 05, 2015 10:45 pm**

$0*\$ $0*\$

but first I have another Id, to species level $O\/$ $O\/$ $O\/$ $O\/$ $O/\$ $O/\$ $O/\$

Africa Wild

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