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Owlfly

Ascalaphidae

Description:

Owlfies are slender insects from the order Neuroptera, their most characteristic attributes are their knobbed antennae and huge, bulging compound eyes, each one being almost doubled by cellular division, giving it its mutant-like appearance.

Habitat:

Tropical forest, near a pond

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2 Comments

Nimbid Ditavi
Nimbid Ditavi 8 years ago

Yes, thank you!

Machi
Machi 8 years ago

Looks like an owlfly

Nimbid Ditavi
Spotted by
Nimbid Ditavi

Meta, Colombia

Spotted on Oct 13, 2014
Submitted on Oct 9, 2015

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