Africa Wild

Ladies!

ExFmem wrote: ↑Sat Jan 02, 2016 6:12 pm I now try to capture the beauty of insects through photography, and the Kgalagadi has some really wonderful specimens.

This is a Bembix. Do you have more photos, a dorsal view would help to Id to species level.

We have a photographic key with abdomen pattern here

https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... on_biology

ExFmem wrote: ↑Sun Feb 09, 2020 7:23 pm
Bark Mantiid (Tarachodes sp.?)

We do a quiz here: Which one of the mantids below matches ExFmem's from KTP?





ExFmem will give the winner half a giraffe photo

Here the key
http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiq ... enopodidae

Or it might be O. namibiana

nan wrote: ↑Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:04 pm
26. October - Kruger

Quiz #2: Which species is this?



https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/ANNA_100B_0019-0059.pdf

nan wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2013 9:02 pm 9.a like a leaf - Kruger - Punda Maria

b

Brown Leaf Mantid Dystacta alticeps green form

They come in a wide variety of colours, from green or yellow to cream or almost pure white.

Description here
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4042705/

Oxipiloidea Tridens? (Top left)

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2020 12:17 pm Oxipiloidea Tridens? (Top left)

You are the winner!

Where is my price?

ExFmem will give you the prize

I certainly hope so!