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0/* Klippies - I'm going to post a new Robber Fly entry here so you can amend/add to, as nec. :ty:

Also, the info. on the previous "Daspletis sp." in the AW book stated that there are 6 species, so I edited it to 8 due to this latest study. \O
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ExFmem wrote: Sat Mar 28, 2020 10:51 pm 0/* Klippies - I'm going to post a new Robber Fly entry here so you can amend/add to, as nec. :ty:

Also, the info. on the previous "Daspletis sp." in the AW book stated that there are 6 species, so I edited it to 8 due to this latest study. \O
Great entry and great research, ExFmem ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

Why don't you post it just onto the book topic? There is nothing we can add, you know more than all of us here about robber flies!


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0: ;-) Invertebrates are definitely not my field 0*\


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Will do, Klippies - I'll enter it there now. \O

Oops, looks like it's already there. 0/0 Will enter all future ones directly. No reason for you to have to babysit me :-0 . Just please correct anything as you see fit. :ty:


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ExFmem wrote: Sun Mar 29, 2020 6:44 pm Will do, Klippies - I'll enter it there now. \O

Oops, looks like it's already there. 0/0 Will enter all future ones directly. No reason for you to have to babysit me :-0 . Just please correct anything as you see fit. :ty:
\O I hope you will treat us with some more robber flies O\/


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About 2cm!

(Nelspruit)

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I think it's Achaea finita, larvae feed on the invasive Castor oil plant which is very common in your area.

It's a fruit-sucking moth (can be a pest) and feeds on citrus. Fruit-sucking moths tend to be migratory. They have an acute sense of smell, being able
to detect ripening fruit over a distance of 10 km.

Or another Noctuidea sp.


Are you now on a mission to [O] brown or grey ugly things lol


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:ty: :ty: Klippies!

lol :yes: Whatever flies into my house!


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A prettier one! :-0

About 2cm wide.


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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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0/* Richprins

my moth idea from the other day is not right

I think it is this one

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/674245 ... wse_photos


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