african insect?

diggleken · #1 (**permalink**) 14-01-2012, 09:54 AM

Hello all,
apologies, yes,I know its WAB, but this has been tried on other sites, so I suggested I post on WAB, trusting you good folks to help if poss!
African, nothing else known. 4 marked wings and long thin antennae, looks lacewingish but wings wrong.
Any help gratefully received - steer to genus or even order would be a start!

Thanks a lot
Ken

Paul mabbott · #2 (**permalink**) 14-01-2012, 11:04 AM

Did you try WaW? Main Index - Wildlife Photography

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Originally Posted by diggleken

Hello all,
apologies, yes,I know its WAB, but this has been tried on other sites, so I suggested I post on WAB, trusting you good folks to help if poss!
African, nothing else known. 4 marked wings and long thin antennae, looks lacewingish but wings wrong.
Any help gratefully received - steer to genus or even order would be a start!

Thanks a lot
Ken

diggleken · #3 (**permalink**) 14-01-2012, 03:03 PM

I personally havent Paul, this came to me 3rd hand, which explains lack of detail, but others may have, however I know its not been on WAB!
Cheers
Ken

artdemole · #4 (**permalink**) 14-01-2012, 04:18 PM

Maybe some kind of lacewing...

Klaas Reißmann · #5 (**permalink**) 14-01-2012, 05:11 PM

I guess it should be some kind of Lacewing. But it will be problematic to identify, because this one is freshly emerged from Larvae (they don't have a pupal stadium). You should have been waiting for one or two hours to take the photograph.

Regards
Klaas

Jason Green · #6 (**permalink**) 14-01-2012, 09:18 PM

The first shot I looked at, the one of the underside, reminded me of any hemipteran/cicadellid I've ventrally-examined. The lack of a rostrum or spined ltibiae knocks that type on the head - and as suggested, it does look rather lacewing-like. A neuropteran at any rate!

Acutipuerilis · #7 (**permalink**) 15-01-2012, 01:50 AM

The venation doesn't look right for a neuropteran, to me. How about a caddis?

diggleken · #8 (**permalink**) 15-01-2012, 11:11 AM

Thanks a lot everyone for trying.
Good old WAB.

Lacewing, possibly Caddis then - at least we can follow that lead.
Cheers
Ken

artdemole · #9 (**permalink**) 15-01-2012, 11:26 AM

Tried Both on images and did not get anywhere. The wing pattern is not looking right...Even tried sawflies.Neuroptera..Trichoptera../Hymnoptera.Anisopodidae..NNo good just with Afrotropica insect images.Still came up with Lacewing and Caddis.......