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Orange Antlion

Callistoleon erythrocephalus

Description:

Orange Antlion adult, body length 40mm. The lacewing has bright orange colour head and thorax, dark grey eyes with board spotted wings. Antennae are short and flagellum black, slightly clubbed. Slender abdomen is black and legs are orange and black.

Habitat:

Dry sclerophyll forest

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24 Comments

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 10 years ago

Thanks Leana

Very nice capture of this beautiful antlion MacChristiansen!

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 10 years ago

Thanks Luis

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

You are finding the most amazing bugs Mac!

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 10 years ago

Thanks Tom

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 10 years ago

Thanks Rieko

Tom15
Tom15 10 years ago

Wow, gorgeous antlion and very nice picture!

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 10 years ago

Thanks Sarah

sarah in the woods
sarah in the woods 10 years ago

Excellent photos!

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 10 years ago

Thanks Leanne

LeanneGardner
LeanneGardner 10 years ago

Beautiful as always Mac :)

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 10 years ago

Thanks Gilma

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 10 years ago

Thanks Sergio

Gorgeous creature!! Great series, MacChristiansen.

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 10 years ago

Excelent!

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

Beautiful! Very nice.

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 10 years ago

Thanks Toshimi

ToshimiDowaki
ToshimiDowaki 10 years ago

Wonderful series!

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 10 years ago

Thanks Lauren

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 10 years ago

Added information

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 10 years ago

Thanks so much Tiz, we'll see what 2014 brings,

Tiz
Tiz 10 years ago

Your spottings are so very nice Mac! I hope you will make a book with all your master-photos! I hope you had great holidays, and I hope that your 2014 spottings will keep on amaze me and others :)

Tina

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 10 years ago

Added photo

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

This one is just gorgeous!

MacChristiansen
Spotted by
MacChristiansen

New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on Jan 2, 2014
Submitted on Jan 2, 2014

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