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Brown Mantidfly

Posted by July 2nd, 2005 at 12:00 am

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Neuropterans: Lacewings, Antlions, and Owlflies

hybrid praying mantis\wasp

Though your non-query is disturbingly bereft of information, we like your photo so much we have decided to give the answer some attention. This is a Brown Mantidfly, Climaciella brunnea, in the Family Mantispidae, Order Neuroptera. The Brown Mantidfly can be all brown, black, or banded with yellow like your specimen. Adults prey on small insects.

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