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Night time 1 in. and a half.
Like a damselfly with a mantis head and very long wings!
# quad wing thing april 14 Thanks Mark Ridgeway for the id
Balcony, attracted from surrounding countryside by night light.
Mantidflies are insects from the Order Neuroptera, which includes
referred to in English as "antgriffins," or very rarely as "
A small larva, just about 4 or 5 mm in large, dark brown, white at sides
Body length = 36mm. Total length antenna tip to folded wing-tip = ...
Very short antennae so maybe Antlion?
About 50mm long. With iridescent eyes. Keeps close to the grass stalk where it ...
This bug is about 1.5" long. I haven't seen anything like this here before. It ...
An amazing antlion adult found in KZ South ...
Orange Antlion adult, body length 40mm. ...
lion (or Ant-lion), just another ...
Looks like an Antlion and a ...
), mayflies (Order Ephemoptera) and alderflies (Order Megaloptera). - See more ...
This beautiful and delicate insect was about 40mm long with a wing span ...
A medium to large insect. With a long body that is black with white stripes ...
Lacewing hatchlings popping out of lines of ...
One of the largest 'brown' lacewings known ...