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Antlion Lacewing

Description:

Like a damselfly with a mantis head and very long wings! Antlion Lacewing is a term used for the adults post-larval stage.

Habitat:

Estuary bank

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3 Comments

Thanks Sukanya & Tamar, I have updated the page. Only about 2,000 species to check now! Hopefully a lot fewer in Portugal.

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 9 years ago

I would say this is very likely an adult Antlion. Family Myrmeleontidae.

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 9 years ago


Ant-lion, I recently spotted one.

https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/10...

Portugal

Spotted on Jun 23, 2014
Submitted on Nov 21, 2014

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