Image: Mantis fly
Mantis fly
- Photographer:
- Stephen Hocking
- Rights:
- © Stephen Hocking
- Common name:
- Mantis fly
- Family:
- Mantispidae
- Order:
- Neuroptera
- Location:
- Clunes
Additional information
This is a mantis fly (family Mantispidae) - they are a diverse and relatively common family of lacewings that have adults with the typical “raptorial” forelegs of mantids, but with the rest more like a typical lacewing. The larvae of some species are parasitic on spider egg sacs. They are often strongly attracted to light at night, but are rarely seen during the day.
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