Insect or Invertebrates Identification - DONE

[Lisbeth]

So have I, with the same result I have even toured the internet with no better result. Lets hope that the ones in the know can help

[Richprins]

It can take quite a while!

[Lisbeth]

[Richprins]

Got a reply from Prof Braack, Africa:

Foam grasshopper Phymateus morbillosus I think....

[Lisbeth]

It is red in all the pictures

[Dindingwe]

I have identified this one as being a Ceroplesis capensis, I wonder whether it has a name in English... Seen at Mkhuze Reserve

[Flutterby]

Doing a Google search I found this: https://www.ispotnature.org/communities ... s-capensis

There it's called a Rooibos Longhorn Beetle.

[Lisbeth]

I am not too sure that it is a Ceroplesis capensis; there are many Ceroplesis and this one has straight stipes on the body while the the Capensis has kind of more "spot" stripes. I'll try to find it and then add it to the Insect book

Have a look here https://apps2.cdfa.ca.gov/publicApps/pl ... plesis&w=o

[Lisbeth]

This is the one that comes closest, but it is not right either


Ceroplesis thunbergii

[Klipspringer]

It is out of range for Ceroplesis capensis, which is found in SW Cape only. And the pronotum is without large tubercles

Might be C. sumptuosa, C. militaris or C. thunbergii (pronotum should be brown).

Difficult without the rear end to see.