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Owlfly

Libelloides macaronius

Description:

It is famous due to the unique spectral sensitivity of its dorsofrontal eye that ranges only over the ultra-violet part of the solar spectrum. Lives as an adult imago only for approximately two months in the summer; even then, it is actively hunting only under unobscured skies. Two mating owlflies.

Habitat:

Inhabitating warm, dry, uncultivated meadows from Slovenia to Caucasus.

16 Comments

Jopy
Jopy 9 years ago

Hvala :) nikad poslije ih nisam vidjela u prirodi, samo ovaj put kad sam ih slikala...

IvanPancic
IvanPancic 9 years ago

Bravo,svaka čast

Leonardo Castro
Leonardo Castro 10 years ago

Beautiful colors!

Jopy
Jopy 10 years ago

yes, we have, this is just a little part of what we have here in Croatia :D :D

PieterColpaert
PieterColpaert 10 years ago

You really have a lot of cool insects over there in Croatia:)

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 10 years ago

Cool :)

Jopy
Jopy 10 years ago

Thank you :D

Christine Y.
Christine Y. 10 years ago

Fantastic!

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 11 years ago

Wonderful little creatures.

Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander 11 years ago

Gorgeous!

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 11 years ago

Lovely!

injica
injica 11 years ago

Vretenca <3 predlažem misiju: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/9068...

Mari du Preez
Mari du Preez 11 years ago

wow! beautiful!

JosipaMasic
JosipaMasic 11 years ago

Thank u! There is another one shot, I think you're right!

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Awesome! Do you have any other shots of this? I think it is an owlfly.

Jopy
Spotted by
Jopy

Croatia

Spotted on Jun 24, 2012
Submitted on Mar 16, 2013

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