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At first, i thought this was a juvenile praying mantis. Turns out it was a ...
Neuroptera: Mantispidae
Predatory: Adults eat small insects, caught with their raptorial forelegs. ...
Small sized Mantidfly around 1.5 cm, not ...
Looks like a mantis but I have never seen one with wings like these.
Looks like an actual cross between "praying mantis" and a wasp.
Spotted at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge, Chippewa Trail
I found this guy in my yard while sitting around a bonfire eating dinner!
A wasp mimic with mantis-like arms, completely harmless to humans. Rare ...
Part mantis, part fly, all mantisfly. Attracted to light? or insects at light.
Looks like it's half praying mantis and half wasp but it is its own species.
Brown in color. Looks like a mantis and a wasp. Wings resemble a lacewing. This ...
Looks like an Antlion and a Mantis....?
Mantispidae, known commonly as
I saved it from my swimming pool. I was certainly it was a wasp, until I saw it ...
Keeps its body curved, has lace wings, keeps its antennae moving all the time. ...
Small in size, less than 1 cm. Not too colourful, mostly grey/whie with ...
A little larger than a lacewing, a superb mimic of a paper wasp, as shown.
Found in backyard near pines and wetlands
This unusual insect mimics in appearance a wasp, which probably helps deter ...
Brown Mantidflies belong to the insect ...