Ant-lion
Myrmeleon formicarius
Antlions
(Myrmeleontidae)
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Gilles San Martin
A damselfly similar fly with a slim body, sturdy antennae and large veined blueish wings with a light marking. When resting this marking is low towards the wingtip. The larvae are actually the ant-lion, being beige-brown with a little round head, sturdy jaws and round rear. The adult ant-lion is active at night, digging a burrow in the sand with a little cover on it where it ambushes passing ants. ⇔ l. 40-45 mm LA: ≈ The DISTOLEON TETRAGRAMMICUS has more wing markings and striped probes. See photo LA. ≈ Various ZYGOPTERA (Damselflies) have smaller less conspicuous antennae. They fold the wings differently when resting, the wing marking is typically at the top of the wingtip for damselflies. ≈ The larvae of the ASCALAPHIDAE (Owlflies) look like these larvae.
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Owly sulphur
Ant-lion
Mierenleeuw
Ameisenlöwe
Fourmis-lion
Formicaleone
Hormiga león
Myrmeleon formicarius [L.]
муравьиный лев
Myrmeleon formicarius [L.]
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