For the identification of insects and other fauna and flora of South Africa.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Slender Net-winged Beetle ((Cladophorus marshalli) Lycidae

Slender Net-winged Beetles are orange and black and contain cantharadin, making them distastefuly to birds. They feed off the nectar of flowers.
Copper-tailed Blowflies (Chrysomya chloropyga) were used in treating jagged wounds in humans by introducing sterile maggots into the wound. This practice is being revived.

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