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Distoleon tetragrammicus
This is an insect of the night, attracted by the light of the street lamp. It's similar to a dragonfly, about 8 cm long, whit 4 wings.
Spotted on Aug 12, 2013
Submitted on Aug 12, 2013
5 Comments
Nice spotting! I hope to see one someday.
I've removed this from the Flies! mission since it's not a true fly (Diptera). Antlions are from the Neuroptera family. :)
cool!
Certo ;) e la mia seconda lingua, Istria e la zona bilinguistica, l'Inglese invece dovevo impararlo ;) gli adulti li ho visti parecchi e anche speso direi però non ho mai visto delle larve e loro sono cosi buffe con le corna e tutte tonde :))
Thank you Injica! So it would be the adult "ant lion"? It's amazing, I've always lived in the countryside, I saw thousands of nests of ants lion and I had never seen one adult! Thanks for the help! :) Do you speak Italian?
Neuroptera, famiglia Myrmeleontidae si chiamamo dei Antlions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antlion