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Mantid lacewing

Campion callosus

Photo by Mark Ridgway
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A mantispede attracted to lights at night. This one was much larger than other species I have found at around 12mm long.

Habitat:

Outer urban back yard at night. Attracted to lights.

Notes:

This is very much one of the larger members of the genus.

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Comments (2)

So dainty-looking. Nice spotting Mark. Thanks.

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