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Zandvlei Trust Zandvlei Inventory and Monitoring Programme (ZIMP) Biotic – Insects |
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Beetles
Firefly (Lampyridae
luciola)
Male with Female glow worm larvae (Family Lampyridae)
Common Tiger Beetle (Lophyra brevicollis) Common on sandy areas near water.
Green Bacon Clerid (Exkorynetes [Coronytes] analis) Eat pollen and nectar. Also feed on animal products and carion. Predacious Gaint Diving Beetle (Coleoptera) Their larvae are fierce predators like their parents. There are over 3500 species in the world. They carry air supplies under their wing cases. Found at Clement Park in Sept 2008.
Lunate Ladybird (Cheilomenes lunata) Adults and larvae. They are predatory on aphids.
Stripped Monkey beetle (Heterochelus
Spider Monkey Beetle (Lepithrix
psuedolineata)
Oval
Hairy Monkey Beetle (Peritrichia cinerea) Spotted Tortoise Beetle (Conchyloctenia punctata) feeds on morning glory and fig trees.
Dune Tortoise Beetle (Aspidomorpha puncticosta) feeds mainly on the leaves of potatoe, tomato and morning glory plants.
Garden Fruit Chaffer (Pachnoda sinuata) Adults feed on flowers and fruit. Larvae are found in a cocoon - like hard mud cell in compost heaps.
Common
Dotted Fruit Chaffer (Cyrtothyrea marginalis)
Rounded Toktokkie (Moluris psuedonitida)
Striped Toktokkie (Psammodes
striatus)
Lunate Blister Beetle (Decapotoma lunata) feed on flowers of fruit trees peas, cotton, beans and other vegetables.
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