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Subfamily: Alticinae (flea beetles)

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Blepharida ornata

Diamphidia vittatipennis

Blepharida ornata, 6mm. [image by M. Picker & C. Griffiths ©, from Field Guide to Insects of South Africa, used with permission].

Diamphidia vittatipennis.(used by San / Bushmen as a source of poison for arrows).

 

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