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Ululodes quadripunctatus
1" long bizarre looking fly. It looked like a cross between a dragon fly & a robber fly!
Semi rural
Spotted on Aug 18, 2012
Submitted on Aug 20, 2012
10 Comments
Thanks TK!
I've never seen one! Very interesting fly.
Thanks Luis!
Very strange looking but wow!
That's what I though too Sachin!
wow...
I found the larvae recently http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/122... Nice to see an adult too!
That's great! Their larvae are scary looking but very neat! I wouldn't want to be an ant or smaller insect around those guys.
Thanks Tamar! How exciting - & I've found a match on the link you provided I think!
Karen, you are finding some pretty cool critters! This awesome insect is an Owlfly, Family Ascalaphidae. They are related to Antlions and Lacewings. I am not sure of the species at this time (and too tired at the moment to sort through them. I think one of the ones in Genus Ululodes.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/4130/bgpag...
I would love to find one of these. I have never seen one in person (not yet anyway).