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Antlion Lacewing

Myrmeleontidae

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

body about 3" long

Habitat:

dry, spiny desert.
Antlions are worldwide in distribution, most common in arid and sandy habitats

Notes:

I spotted this on the wall of my room in La Mangrove resort, south of Toliara.

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Antlion

Species ID Suggestions

Antlion

Palpares amitinus

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Saturniidae27
1

Mayfly

Ephemera danica

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The MnMs
0

Antlion

Myrmeleo

Reference Link
The MnMs
1

Comments (5)
Saturniidae27
https://inaturalist.ca/taxa/885736-Palpares-amitinus
The MnMs
It also looks like what Dan says so I am probably wrong and is an antlion.
The MnMs
For me it looks like it could be a mayfly from Ephemera genus, but the species I am not sure.
DanEgel
I believe this is in in the order neuroptera. It is the adult of what is known as a doodle bug or antlion.. It is not a damselfly. Very interesting!

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PublishedMay 25, 2011

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