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Owlfly

Ascalaphidae

Photo by Nimbid Ditavi
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Owlfies are slender insects from the order Neuroptera, their most characteristic attributes are their knobbed antennae and huge, bulging compound eyes, each one being almost doubled by cellular division, giving it its mutant-like appearance.

Habitat:

Tropical forest, near a pond

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Looks like an owlfly
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PublishedOctober 9, 2015

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