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

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.

ExFmem wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 10:51 pm Klippies - I'm going to post a new Robber Fly entry here so you can amend/add to, as nec.

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.

Great entry and great research, ExFmem

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!

Invertebrates are definitely not my field

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

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

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

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

I hope you will treat us with some more robber flies

About 2cm!

(Nelspruit)

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 brown or grey ugly things

Klippies!

Whatever flies into my house!

A prettier one!

About 2cm wide.

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