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New Discovery by the Grootbos Entomology Team!

New Discovery by the Grootbos Entomology Team!

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New Discovery by the Grootbos Entomology Team!

We’re excited to share that our entomology team has confirmed a new record for our pinned insect collection!

During a recent BioBlitz, a rare hoverfly - Paramixogaster acantholepidis - was collected. Hoverflies are important (and often overlooked) pollinators, playing a key role in our ecosystem.

This particular species is myrmecophilous, meaning its larvae grow up inside ants' nests - in this case, those of the Lepisiota capensis, the small black sugar ant, which is common in our landscape.

New Discovery by the Grootbos Entomology Team!

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