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Lacewing larvae

Chrysopidae

Photo by Ismael Chaves
Published on Project Noah
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10.4735, -84.0167

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Description:

Looks like an ant but with a garbage shield, it was under a stone

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Comments (16)
Carol Snow Milne
Congratulations! I just discovered this blog today. I missed this one. Great photo!
Ismael Chaves
OMG! Im very honored! Thank you so much Karen :), and thank you Mayra for the comment :)
KarenL
Congratulations Ismael, this awesome spotting is featured in the Project Noah today, which is on "Masters of Disguise"! http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/29901816272/masters-of-disguise
Ismael Chaves
Thank u! You can check this spotting for a better looking http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6933372
textless
So alien and cool looking. Great spotting!
Ismael Chaves
No encontre una forma mas excacta de describirlo :)
Carolina
Jajaja, que risa tu descripción ;)
Ismael Chaves
La pare inferior era muy parecida a la de una hormiga y los he visto solo bajo las piedras de los rios
mariajo
Podría ser un carcaj. Hay insectos que para protegerse se construyen una funda, puede ser de palitos, hojas, piedras. Existe la mosca de carcaj, pero hormiga no lo sé

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