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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings and Allies (Neuroptera) » Mantidflies (Mantispidae) » Dicromantispa » Dicromantispa sayi
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Snake Fly? - Dicromantispa sayi - male
Copyright © 2007 Hope Martin

Snake Fly? - Dicromantispa sayi - Male
Columbia, Missouri, USA
July 4, 2007
Size: just over an inch
I believe this is a snake fly? But unsure exactly which one. Raphidia notata perhaps? Please help!

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Snake Fly? - Dicromantispa sayi - male Mantidfly - Dicromantispa sayi - male
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Contributed by Hope Martin on 4 July, 2007 - 11:22am
Last updated 17 December, 2008 - 7:38am

Moved
Moved from Mantidflies.
… John R. Maxwell, 17 December, 2008 - 7:38am login or register to post comments

must be Dicromantispa sayi
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… v belov, 17 December, 2008 - 5:16am login or register to post comments

This is better, it is a Manti
This is better, it is a Mantispidae! Their larvae are living in eggs of spiders..
… Martin Hauser, 4 July, 2007 - 11:29am login or register to post comments

 
Wow!
I thought the front legs were kind of mantis-like. Very special! Thank you. I can't wait to look them up.
… Hope Martin, 4 July, 2007 - 12:04pm login or register to post comments

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