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Termite

Termite
Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada, USA
April 30, 2017
Size: 18mm length
Found in a pitfall trap along with hundreds of Dorymyrmex bicolor.
Found along Las Vegas Wash at Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
Riparian/desert habitat near Tamarix

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Termite Termite

Moved

Suspecting Myrmeleontidae
The structure of the thorax in particular looks more like one of the Myrmeleontidae (more narrowed, angled a bit downwards). The tanner coloration often is more typical of this group as well.

Moved, not a termite. Probably a chrysopid larva

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