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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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Hi Harrys,

Looks like one of the Rain Spiders?


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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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Common rain spider Palystes superciliosus :-?


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Richprins wrote:Your beetle pic, nana:




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And a reply from Dr Whyte:

Cannot be sure, but they are probably one of the Dermestid beetles which are also known as “Skin Beetles” or “Hide Beetles”. Some species feed on the desiccated remains of animal carcasses after blowfly larvae have left.
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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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Looks like the family Trogidae (carcass beetles)

Greyish black, heavily sculptured, small to medium sized beetles. Adults and larvae feed on animal remains and carnivore and raptor faeces. Adults occur underneath the food source and scarab-like larvae in burrows in the soil also underneath it.

Trox asperulatus = Omorus asperulatus :-? :-? :-?

Here all species with distribution:
http://www.ru.ac.za/static/departments/ ... gidae.html

here photo and info:
http://books.google.de/books?id=s4ke5Jw ... ca&f=false


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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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I've got some... a lot 0*\ ... to ID ;-)

2. Grasshopper - Kruger
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Phaeocatantops sp.
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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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Please say where you have see them, nan. \O Easier to search, if we know the location :-)


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9.a like a leaf :-? - Kruger - Punda Maria
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Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

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No 4: Lycus melanurus :-? Hook-winged Net-winged Beetle


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Toko wrote:No 4: Lycus melanurus :-? Hook-winged Net-winged Beetle
Yes, must be ^Q^


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No. 9 Bladder Grasshopper ???

No. 6 CICADAS ???

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