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BluTuna wrote:A Weevil of some kind.

Elbowed antennae with clubs. Antennae attached to sides of snout. Weevils, snout beetles = family Curculionidae.


I don't have a clue what this strange thing is.

Could be a kind of Fungus Weevil, family Anthribidae. Some have short snouts (but I could be very wrong).


This is an adult Ant-Lion that my SO caught at work (Hartebeeshoek) and brought home for me.

Certainly an Antlion, yes. I think it might be a Gregarious Antlion: Hagenomyia lethifer. Picker Griffiths & Weaving 2004:page 180 no 4A ?

wynand

Thanks heaps

The antlion ID looks good to me

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

Bark antlion
Centroclisis or Jaya sp?

Agree with "Bark Antlion".
Jaya species transferred to Centroclisis ( http://www.ru.ac.za/static/departments/ ... tidae.html ). So I think we can rule out Jaya.
But then there's Syngenes, with the more pointy wingtips.

African Wood White, Fladderpapiertjie, Leptosia alcesta inalcesta.
Riverine forest, Blyde River, Lowveld. Wingspan about 45mm.

wynand

Your butterfly has an Id already , do you want it in the butterfly book?

wynand wrote:
Could be a kind of Fungus Weevil, family Anthribidae. Some have short snouts (but I could be very wrong).

How about Attelabidae for this one, the square elytra would point to this family

Toko wrote: wynand

Your butterfly has an Id already , do you want it in the butterfly book?

Oh, I see how this works. Sorry. Will you move it to the book?

Please check the ID of : viewtopic.php?f=247&t=3184&start=20#p143081

I reckon that is Achaea echo. Compare images at AfricanMoths.

There is some turmoil in the status of Noctuid families and subfamilies and I propose we follow the conservative scheme reflected in EOL.

Noctuidae : Catocalinae : Achaea

You'll see that is not in agreement with AfricanMoths: Erebidae : Erebinae : Achaea that follows the scheme whereby Erebidae is split off from Noctuidae.

Toko wrote:How about Attelabidae for this one, the square elytra would point to this family

Attelabidae, as far as I can make out, do have a pronounced snout (though not long) and their antennae are said to be clubbed.

That still does not make Anthribidae the correct ID.