Insect or Invertebrates Identification - DONE

[Toko]

Worse than blurred spots on a cheetah.

You haven't Id'ed my cheetahs yet Wonder why

[Mel]

Because I have no reference photos.

[wynand]

Cicada?


KNP - Tamboti

Axe-head Cicada. Oxypleura quadraticollis

Towards the end of their relatively brief adult lives cicadas become moribund and often partly covered in fungus before they die. Like this one. Their reproductive functions fulfilled, they shut down and perish.

There are two species of Axe-heads in S.A. This one, in the northern parts and O. lenihani which is restricted to northern KZN, in the coastal forests.

[Toko]

Thank you, wynand

[Mel]

You're good, wynand!

Thanks!

[Lisbeth]

Very, very good

[wynand]

Thanks for the compliments. No, I'm not good. I just take an interest in invertebrate identification and I have some reference works.

[Toko]

wynand

we had this one on the garden topic, looks similar to me

I have no clue what this is.... The nearest I could find in the Field Guide to Insects of SA was a Hanging Fly or Cranefly.

Have no clue, perhaps of the superfamily Ichneumonoidea (Braconidae and Ichneumonidae)

In the Ichneumonidae there are some similar looking ones

But that's a wild guess and I can be totally wrong

[wynand]

KNP - Tamboti

Whew! Usually one can recognize the Hawk Moth species by comparing with images at AfricanMoths.
The Cape Hawk, Theretra capensis, is a candidate (click on the thumbnail of the live specimen), but I can't be sure. I'm just calling this a Hawk Moth, family Sphingidae.

[wynand]

wynand

we had this one on the garden topic, looks similar to me

I have no clue what this is.... The nearest I could find in the Field Guide to Insects of SA was a Hanging Fly or Cranefly.

Have no clue, perhaps of the superfamily Ichneumonoidea (Braconidae and Ichneumonidae)

In the Ichneumonidae there are some similar looking ones

But that's a wild guess and I can be totally wrong

Aha! Note the square cell on the forewing. You are right with Braconid Wasps, family Braconidae.