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Lacewing larvae

Chrysopidae

Description:

Looks like an ant but with a garbage shield, it was under a stone

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16 Comments

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 11 years ago

Congratulations! I just discovered this blog today. I missed this one. Great photo!

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 11 years ago

OMG! Im very honored! Thank you so much Karen :), and thank you Mayra for the comment :)

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Wow! Fascinating!!!

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Congratulations Ismael, this awesome spotting is featured in the Project Noah today, which is on "Masters of Disguise"! http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/2990181...

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 12 years ago

Thank u! You can check this spotting for a better looking http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/693...

AnjaliAnantharam
AnjaliAnantharam 12 years ago

Nice spotting...

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 12 years ago

Thanx textless

textless
textless 12 years ago

So alien and cool looking. Great spotting!

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 12 years ago

Thank u Carol

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 12 years ago

wonderful find!

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 12 years ago

Thanks for the ID Juan

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 12 years ago

this is a Lacewing larvae (Chrysopidae)

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 12 years ago

No encontre una forma mas excacta de describirlo :)

Carolina
Carolina 12 years ago

Jajaja, que risa tu descripción ;)

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 12 years ago

La pare inferior era muy parecida a la de una hormiga y los he visto solo bajo las piedras de los rios

mariajo
mariajo 12 years ago

Podría ser un carcaj. Hay insectos que para protegerse se construyen una funda, puede ser de palitos, hojas, piedras. Existe la mosca de carcaj, pero hormiga no lo sé

Ismael Chaves
Spotted by
Ismael Chaves

Heredia, Costa Rica

Spotted on Oct 28, 2011
Submitted on Oct 28, 2011

Spotted for Mission

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