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Mantis Fly

Description:

Mantis fly. Neither a mantis nor a fly, this is a relative of lacewings and owlflies, and it is a great example of convergent evolution. Read more: http://www.ecolibrary.org/page/DP880

Habitat:

Garden

Notes:

It was on my glass window inside the house, wanted to get out.

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Mantis Fly
Spaminta minjerribae Mantis Fly | Lochman Transparencies


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10 Comments

ShannaB
ShannaB 10 years ago

Very cool.

SukesihGuna
SukesihGuna 10 years ago

thanks Ingrid and Gilma

SukesihGuna
SukesihGuna 10 years ago

thanks Ingrid and Gilma

SukesihGuna
SukesihGuna 10 years ago

thanks Ingrid and Gilma

What a lovely creature, fantastic eyes!!

JanineLingTurner
JanineLingTurner 10 years ago

your very welcome, i enjoyed the challenge :D nice spotting.

SukesihGuna
SukesihGuna 10 years ago

thanks Janine for the ID.
sorry for my 3x comment, just tried my android apps ... so slow and awkward.

JanineLingTurner
JanineLingTurner 10 years ago


nice spotting!

SukesihGuna
SukesihGuna 10 years ago

it has an amazing eyes, looks like a star.

Ingrid3
Ingrid3 10 years ago

What a totally cool beastie!

SukesihGuna
Spotted by
SukesihGuna

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on Nov 2, 2013
Submitted on Nov 5, 2013

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