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Antlions

Distoleon tetragrammicus

Photo by valentinezza
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Field Notes

Description:

This is an insect of the night, attracted by the light of the street lamp. It's similar to a dragonfly, about 8 cm long, whit 4 wings.

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Antlion

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Comments (5)
CindyBinghamKeiser
Nice spotting! I hope to see one someday. I've removed this from the Flies! mission since it's not a true fly (Diptera). Antlions are from the Neuroptera family. :)
injica
Certo ;) e la mia seconda lingua, Istria e la zona bilinguistica, l'Inglese invece dovevo impararlo ;) gli adulti li ho visti parecchi e anche speso direi però non ho mai visto delle larve e loro sono cosi buffe con le corna e tutte tonde :))
valentinezza
Thank you Injica! So it would be the adult "ant lion"? It's amazing, I've always lived in the countryside, I saw thousands of nests of ants lion and I had never seen one adult! Thanks for the help! :) Do you speak Italian?
injica
Neuroptera, famiglia Myrmeleontidae si chiamamo dei Antlions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antlion

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
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Italy's flora and fauna
Photographed
PublishedAugust 12, 2013

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