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Antlion

Description:

At first I thought Damselfly, but the wings (c3cm) are much longer than the body (c2cm) and the head is totally wrong It also has distinctive "arms" at the front.

Habitat:

Canal-side between industrial estate and agricultural land. Agricultural land.

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2 Comments

Thanks, that makes it Antlion and not a caddisfly.

ToreCanu
ToreCanu 8 years ago

Neuroptera, Family Myrmeleontidae...

Comunitat Valenciana, Spain

Spotted on Jul 5, 2015
Submitted on Jul 6, 2015

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