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Owlfly

Ascalaphidae

Description:

~5cm in length, attracted to the porch light.

Notes:

Very cool insect. I've got no ideas on this one, can anyone help with an id?

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3 Comments

KeithRoragen
KeithRoragen 12 years ago

Very cool indeed. A member of the Neuroptera, so a relative of antlions.

7yl4r
7yl4r 12 years ago

That does look about right. Wow, what a scary looking larval stage. =P

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

one of the ant lions I think

7yl4r
Spotted by
7yl4r

Georgia, USA

Spotted on Aug 15, 2011
Submitted on Aug 22, 2011

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