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Antlion/Hormigas león

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Field Notes

Description:

Night time 1 in. and a half.

Notes:

An adult antlion lacewings?

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)
tmvdh
Nice spot, Gilma! Would be great to have it in my mission :-) .
Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman
Yes, you are right about the different spellings, LuisStevens. I read the adult is called "Antlion lacewings", but not many call them that. I will wait for someone here at PN with more knowledge than me to place an ID.
LuisStevens
Antlion, also spelled ant-lion and ant lion
ForestDragon
I agree this looks like a species of Antlion. Lovely image!

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PublishedFebruary 10, 2016

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