Happy to spot this Mantidfly (family Mantispidae) at Upper Seletar Reservoir Park on 6 March 2023. Was lucky to see it through a gap in some leaves that were hiding it from view.

Mantidflies are not mantises or flies. They resemble the preying mantis through convergent evolution.

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Spotted our first Mantidfly! Seen at Chestnut Nature Park on 11 Oct 2021. We were initially confused over its features, until it all 'clicked' together, and we realized what we were seeing. Photo taken by my 'better half'. 🙂

Mantidflies hunt using their front legs like mantids, so they look similar. But mantidflies and mantids belong to different insect orders.

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