karoopixie
Marion Maclean Curator
Joined: Oct 20, 2017 Last Active: Jan 19, 2020
Delighted by the wonder of it all :-)
A veld nut.
Proud member of the African Caterpillar Rearing Group (CRG).
- Reared from larval stage project (southern Africa) - our collection of beasties reared from eggs or larvae.
- Pillar Parade project - help to identify lepi caterpillars in southern Africa.
Some useful iNat links
- Adding photos to journal posts and comments
- Useful html tags for comments & other text
- How to use iNaturalist's search URLs
Locations of useful publications (because I can never find them again when I want to tell other people where to find them):
DIPTERA
- Blood-sucking flies African blood-sucking Diptera Austen, 1909 - lovely illustrations.
HYMENOPTERA
- Sawflies Sawflies of Namibia & western South Africa Koch, Goergen, van Noort - includes keys and diagrams with explanation of terms for body parts (useful for other adult insects too!).
- Bembix wasps Geographical distribution of Bembix in southern Africa with notes on biology Gess & Gess - illustrated, but no key or descriptions of morphology
LEPIDOPTERA
- Aethiopodes (Geometridae | Ennominae) Revision of Aethiopodes & Odontoptera Kruger 2003
- Mesocelis monticola (Mountain Whitespot) - Notes on life-history & parthenogenesis Sneyd Taylor 2001
Caveat: I am notoriously bad at estimating size and distance. Please take all measurements (that are not backed up by a ruler or some other scale) with a pinch of salt.
I am also sharp as a bowling ball in the morning, and pretty useless in the afternoons. You can mostly trust morning IDs, but afternoon IDs should be treated with the suspicion they deserve.
