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Antlion

Family Myrmeleontidae

Description:

Large flying bug.

Habitat:

Outside on wall

2 Species ID Suggestions

Aaron_G
Aaron_G 11 years ago
Antlion
Family Myrmeleontidae Family Myrmeleontidae - Antlions - BugGuide.Net
Antlion
Myrmeleontidae Antlion


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6 Comments

Aaron_G
Aaron_G 11 years ago

Scientific name updated.

MrsPbio
MrsPbio 11 years ago

Oh- I see it now. The tricky part will be remembering it in the field...LOL. Thanks!

Gordon Dietzman
Gordon Dietzman 11 years ago

Yeah, those wing shapes and fairly unique shaped antennae are kind of a give away.

MrsPbio
MrsPbio 11 years ago

How would you differentiate between a Fish Fly and an Antlion? They look very similar to me.....

Aaron_G
Aaron_G 11 years ago

I just happened to be looking at the stream as it came up, and those curved antennae jumped out at me. :-)

Gordon Dietzman
Gordon Dietzman 11 years ago

Aaron, you're fast....grin.

casey352.lw
Spotted by
casey352.lw

Florida, USA

Spotted on Sep 16, 2012
Submitted on Sep 16, 2012

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