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Mantispidae species
My first real encounter with a mantispidae, creature I always longed to see. I wouldn't expect it to be so awesome as letting to be handled, but it was! It kept looking for higher ground like a mantis, until eventually flew away.
Spotted on Dec 5, 2012
Submitted on Jul 8, 2013
17 Comments
awesome!
Congratulations on your first Mantispidae encounter, and fun fact feature! Amazing!
Amazing ~~~ Would really love to see that
Wow! That's just awesome! :)
Congrats on finding such an elusive and unusual creature! ^^
Wonderful! You don't get to see these very often!
Fun fact! This curious looking insect looks like a cross between a lacewing, a wasp and a praying mantis. It is in fact a mantisfly, and is more closely related to antlions, lacewings, and owlflies than the mantids.
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Fantastic.
Amazing! Neat pictures! Congratulations on finding this creature!
Congratulations on your spotting and the excellent photo!
Lovely creature, fantastic picture, João Burini, thank you for sharing.
Beautiful!
A Juréis está nos meus planos, talvez na virada do ano. De qualquer modo, quando quiseres, minha casa está à disposição.
Thanks Mona and Adarsha
Sergio é pra se considerar sim uma hora que estiver visitando estado vizinho hehe
Beautiful..
Lovely :)
João, nós não moramos tão longe um do outro. Nós deveríamos nos encontrar um dia para trocar umas idéias e "caçar" juntos...