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Owl Fly

Photo by LarryGraziano
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Field Notes

Description:

It measured about 2.5" long

Habitat:

Tropical dry forest in NW Costa Rica 4 weeks into the rainy season.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
LarryGraziano
I am in full agreement MJ. I think this is an owl fly. Thanks!
LarryGraziano
Also, I did some checking and there are some species of dragonfly that have antenna. There are also some species here in Costa Rica that are white. However, I haven't found a link for the combination of the two. I will look into the owl fly species for this area. Thanks!
LarryGraziano
Thanks Mj. I will keep checking it out. This is a link to an antlion adult I shot here a couple months back. This above spotting is the size of a dragonfly while the ant lion adult measured about half the size: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8635452
mjgierke
I think that is actually an antlion or an owlfly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antlion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owlfly

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Paso Pacifico Survey
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Global Dragonflies & Damselflies
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Insects of Costa Rica
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Morphed Organism ID
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PublishedMay 21, 2012

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