Insect or Invertebrates Identification - DONE

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Missed that. But thanks. \O


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Super Mongoose wrote:Marakele, Bontle campsite's bathroom, November.

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One of the more striking moths in our region, with a rather quaint name: Hampson's Salad.

Yes, that is it's common name; "Hampson's Salad". Mittonia hampsoni.

See: AfricanMoths. Scroll down the page and click on one of the thumbnails of a live specimen.


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Hampson's Salad... 0*\

Poor critter. :-0


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Pretty apt name for this pretty thing O/\ O/\ O/\ O/\

Thanks, wynand O0


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Methinks that we have another super identifier on the forum!! ^Q^ ^Q^ Wynand \O


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Mel wrote:Possibly a ground spitting beetle?

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Photo by moggiedog, taken in Zim.

Can be any of the Anthia species \O


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But it does have a bit of that white rim. And it could be that it goes all around. :twisted:


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Mel wrote:But it does have a bit of that white rim. And it could be that it goes all around. :twisted:
Spot on, but there are other Anthia with white rim such as the apt named Anthia circumscripta =O:


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Worse than blurred spots on a cheetah. 0-


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Insects etc. are not boring at all, with the right people around ;-) :-)


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