A Myrmeleontidae: antlions, from the Neuroptera order of antlions and owlflies. This order of insects of course contains neither ants, nor lions, owls, or flies—a staple in entomology to name unusual insects with compound names drawing from other animals—e.g., snakeflies, sawflies, and more.

http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/165100160

The antlion name honors the behaviour of their larvae, which live in ground burrows and trap passing ants with their fearsome mandibles.

#iNaturalist #Antlions #Myrmeleontidae #Neuroptera #entomology #insects #Crete

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.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150392315 ]

#iNaturalist #Nature #Singapore #Photography #Insects #Mantidflies #Mantispidae #NetWingedInsects #Neuroptera

Wow.

"A giant insect plucked from the façade of an Arkansas Walmart has set historic records. The Polystoechotes punctata (giant lacewing) is the first of its kind recorded in eastern North America in over 50 years—and the first record of the species ever in the state."

#insects #neuroptera #arthropods

https://phys.org/news/2023-02-rare-insect-arkansas-walmart-historic.html

@ApNudd It's an adult antlion (#Neuroptera #Myrmeleontidae) with the wings not yet fully expanded. I think the species is Heoclisis fundata:

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/321665-Heoclisis-fundata

Archiv: Das "Tote Blatt" (Drepanepteryx phalaenoides) sieht man aus 2 Gründen nicht so oft. Einmal ist es nicht besonders häufig und dann kann es auch gut sein, dass man das Blatt nicht als Tier erkennt.

#artenvielfalt #insekten #insects #nature #Netzflügler #Neuroptera #Mimese

Two shots from #AutomatedMothTrap, Canberra ACT, 2022-12-12 02:57, 03:41

Image 1 includes:

First #stonefly (#Plecoptera) I've noticed on the sheet

#HawkMoth #Hippotion scrofa

#PlumeMoth #Stenoptilia zophodactylus

Pink-winged #Geometridae #Arhodia lasiocamparia

Tiny striped #GrassMoth #Scoparia spelaea

#Derbidae #Planthopper #Saccharodite chrysonoe

Other #Lepidoptera (Geometridae, #Oecophoridae, #Crambidae #Pyralidae), #Trichoptera, #Neuroptera, #Diptera and #Hemiptera

#entomology

I saw a flying green speck while walking at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore, on 2 October 2022. When it landed, I saw it was this, a Typical Green Lacewing (subfamily Chrysopinae), the first one I've seen. Lovely looking one too.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137269336 ]

#iNaturalist #Nature #Singapore #Photography #Insects #Lacewings #Neuroptera

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.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/97875861 ]

#iNaturalist #Nature #Singapore #Photography #Insects #Mantidflies #Neuroptera