Africa Wild

Posted: **Thu Nov 07, 2013 4:06 pm**

And this one?

Perhaps a Banded Paper Wasp - Ropalidia fasciata?

Posted: **Thu Nov 07, 2013 4:35 pm**

BluTuna wrote:
BluTuna wrote:And this one?

Perhaps a Banded Paper Wasp - Ropalidia fasciata?

BluTuna

Does not look like this to me

???

Posted: **Fri Nov 08, 2013 7:38 pm**

Pumbaa wrote:
On one of the causeways which we had to cross soon lots of dragonflies could not escape the lens on which Timon focussed them

$O/\$ $O/\$ $O/\$ $O/\$

This is Crocothemis erythraea Broad Scarlet $O\/$ $O\/$ $O\/$

Posted: **Mon Nov 11, 2013 3:23 pm**

BluTuna wrote:Yet another fly I've been unable to identify

Looks like a hover fly species of the genus Syritta, but I don't find much about African species

Posted: **Mon Nov 11, 2013 3:49 pm**

Toko wrote: Looks like a hover fly species of the genus Syritta, but I don't find much about African species

Yep, that's where I got stuck too $0*\$

Posted: **Mon Nov 11, 2013 4:56 pm**

There are several species from Africa, but I can not find any pictures.

Did you come across any other genera resembling this one

Posted: **Mon Nov 11, 2013 5:01 pm**

Toko wrote:There are several species from Africa, but I can not find any pictures.

Did you come across any other genera resembling this one

Not single example! No pictures of African ones

Posted: **Mon Nov 11, 2013 5:33 pm**

the more I look the more it looks like a Syritta sp

Posted: **Tue Nov 12, 2013 10:43 am**

I agree, the enlarged hind femur appears to be distinctive.

Great job finding that info! $\O$

Posted: **Mon Nov 25, 2013 6:40 pm**

nan wrote:9.a like a leaf - Kruger - Punda Maria

b

Is that a crouching green manid

Insect or Invertebrates Identification - DONE