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Mantispidae
It looks like a medium sized lacewing with mantis fore-arms
Found among low hanging eucalyptus branches in a coastal area
No notes. This is the only one I have ever seen. Just a fluke spotting. I may be giving up too easy but so far there is only one I can find on Google that has similar markings and it is not identified. Thanks Argy Bee and martini for your assistance in identifying this as far as we got. Also mantis fly, mantis fly, mantispid and so on.
Spotted on Feb 20, 2012
Submitted on Dec 14, 2012
6 Comments
Thank you Maria dB
Very nice spotting!
Thanks Argy Bee and martini. We are definitely among the correct..um family? I will hunt about some more and see if I can find one with these markings, Thanks for the leads
Mantid lacewings... http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_...
good call on your part :)
mantis lacewing, a superb and uncommon spotting. However, yours seems to be a different species to mine
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/819...
http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/showima...
Great find Stephen. I've been hoping to see one of these myself but no luck yet.