Africa Wild

Posted: **Thu Jun 11, 2020 9:12 pm**

ExFmem wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2020 6:10 pm Can you remember where exactly you found the Lispe, sould be close to a waterhole or to some water in camp?

Those pics were taken in May, and there was definitely excess water that time of year due to the rains. I believe we were staying at Mata Mata, and I know there were puddles in the roads/bush areas in camp where I try to find insects. Also, I very often pour water in the ground where I am sitting and just wait for it to attract insects - quite effective. Is that cheating

IF you agree, we make it a Lispe cf. zumpti

$O/\$

Oh yes, almost forgot, the gentleman from the museum said the "Anthomyiidae" is actually a Muscidae member, and will pass it on to see if anything further can be known from just a pic...

So Lispe zumpti is it.

We can be proud of ourselves

So the calliphorid became temporarily an anthomyiid and is now in transition to a muscid

Posted: **Fri Jun 12, 2020 2:34 am**

Klippies: "We can be proud of ourselves."

WE can be extraordinarily proud of YOU.

I contributed nothing to the ID - had never heard of Lispe. I continue to learn so much from you and are grateful you are here.

Will write it up tomorrow.

Yes, our unidentified fly has undergone various incarnations, even from the experts, which just goes to underscore your value here. $O\/$ $O\/$

Posted: **Fri Jun 12, 2020 10:07 am**

$O/\$ The womens!

Posted: **Fri Jun 12, 2020 10:42 am**

Richprins wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2020 5:42 pm Large beetle walking very slowly in the road at Marloth...about 3cm?

Definitely a "true" toktokkie in the tribe Sepidiini. Might be a Psammodes, but it may also be an Ocnodes (previously known as Phanerotomea). Both genera are enormous, very difficult, and completely lacking in a recent taxonomic revision.

But - to make you happy

- I will likely burn my fingers and say it's an Ocnodes, ID to species level is only for those few people who specialise in the Sepidiini. I hope there will be soon some experts interested in figuring out the intricacies and confusions of the Southern African Sepidiini and then you can ask an expert.

Posted: **Fri Jun 12, 2020 10:49 am**

Fully agree! $\O$

Posted: **Fri Jun 12, 2020 1:37 pm**

Richprins wrote: ↑Fri Jun 12, 2020 10:49 am Fully agree! $\O$

you are given a reward for good behaviour: the ID of your ugly micromoth - Rhesala moestalis

Richprins wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2020 5:41 pm Small moth - 15mm

And this one is the same species
https://africawild-forum.com/viewtopic. ... 46#p494646

Posted: **Fri Jun 12, 2020 7:10 pm**

Klipmistress!

I found more today!

Posted: **Sat Jun 13, 2020 6:06 pm**

Richprins wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2020 6:03 pm A long skinny ant at Marloth this weekend, it would not sit still!

2.5 cm

So here we go with this wonderful observation and suboptimal photo: it is Odontomachus troglodytes

Posted: **Sat Jun 13, 2020 7:00 pm**

Troglodyte!

$O/\$

Posted: **Sat Jun 13, 2020 7:21 pm**

Richprins wrote: ↑Sat Jun 13, 2020 7:00 pm Troglodyte! $O/\$

A trap-jaw ant. They have a catapult-like mechanism to operate the large mandibles - very cool predators

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