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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2019 5:29 pm
by Klipspringer
In a sandy soil type, you find large, fast, deep-burying, dung beetle species.
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2019 6:06 pm
by Saint In The City
I'm not sure sure about the length. As I can remember it was shorter than 50 mm - maybe 25 - 35 mm?
Could it be a be younger one, so the body is less structured but still quite flat/polished?
I'm wondering about the location, too. It was sitting on a big stone on the top of the mountain. Maybe it just made a rest there.
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2019 7:24 pm
by Klipspringer
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6039282
It's reported for the Waterberg Plateau Park (and there is Tony Rebelo amongst the people who agree on the ID)
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2019 8:38 pm
by Saint In The City
I'm convinced.
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:01 am
by Richprins
From Letaba camp, about the size of a football:
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2019 1:47 pm
by Lisbeth
Honeybees of South Africa
South Africa is home to two sub-species or races of honeybees which are indigenous to the country: Apis mellifera Scutellata (or “African bee”) and Apis mellifera Capensis (or “Cape bee”). The Cape bee is generally confined to the western and southern Cape regions particularly referred to as the Fynbos region running in an imaginary line between Vredendal on the western Atlantic coastline across to Willowvale on the eastern Indian Ocean coastline. The African bee covers the region to the north of this area although there is hybrid zone overlapping the two regions where A.m. capensis and A.m. scutellata hybridize.
Continues here
http://www.sabio.org.za/beecon/
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2019 2:06 pm
by Richprins
Could be wasps too!
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2019 4:06 pm
by Lisbeth
I suppose so, but I don't think that they are yellow as they are made of wood fiber not wax
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 8:05 am
by Richprins
Prof. Braack contacted a wasp expert who has never seen such a thing and feels it is a piece of foam mattress or something and we must have it taken down.
So who is going to Letaba soon?
Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification
Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 8:48 am
by Flutterby