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
• No. 24: Wasps and bees of southern Africa Gess & Gess. Delightful and beautifully illustrated.
• Pollen wasps Pollen wasps and flowers in southern Africa Gess & Gess - info on plants visited and types of nests and nesting sites, parasites etc.

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.

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My site: Karoo Studio

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