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Mantid Lacewing

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Field Notes

Description:

12mm, Yellow green creature with wings like a lacewing and a form similar to a praying mantis.

Habitat:

Attracted to lights by my computer hunting small moths

Notes:

This specimen is half the length of the others I have seen so I assume they were different species

Reference Links:

Mantispidae

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (8)
lori.tas
I had a similar experience. The Thread-legged bug was so little that it was only in photos that I was able to see the sucking proboscis, which meant it wasn't a Mantid lacewing. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6448609
StephenSolomons
Lol lori.tas I thought it was a fleck of mown grass and it was a real surprise to see this amazing thing in the monitor
lori.tas
Great. I though I'd found one once, but it was a thread-legged bug instead.
StephenSolomons
It looks like something from a fantasy art poster I think
ShannaB
Ooh, strange looking thing... reminds me a bit of ET!!

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PublishedFebruary 14, 2013

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