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 Villa hottentotta or modesta?
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| Don Martin |
Posted on 14-05-2008 12:37
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 Member Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 37 Joined: 19.09.06 |
Is it possible to determine which Villa this is? Oslo, Norway August 17, 2007. Possibly laying egg in sandy path? Regards John Don Martin attached the following image:  [109.68Kb] |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 14-05-2008 17:16
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
Villa hottentotta. V. modesta has white hairs on the last abdominal segment and the 'scales' on the sides on the head (behind the eye) are pure white.
Edited by Kahis on 14-05-2008 17:17 Kahis |
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| Don Martin |
Posted on 14-05-2008 20:51
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Member Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 37 Joined: 19.09.06 |
Thank you Kahis! John |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 14-05-2008 21:42
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
There are other species with white/whitish hair and head 'scales' (not real scales like in lepidoptera, but they look like them), But at least here in north Europe specimens with clearly yellow hairs and yellowish scales will be hottentotta.
Kahis |
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but don't see the image in the post.
