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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings and Allies (Neuroptera) » Hemerobiiformia » Mantidflies (Mantispidae) » Climaciella » Wasp Mantidfly (Climaciella brunnea)
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Climaciella brunnea? - Climaciella brunnea - female
Copyright © 2008 Paul Lenhart

Climaciella brunnea? - Climaciella brunnea - Female
Indio Mountains Research Station, Hudspeth County, Texas, USA
May 18, 2008
If this is Climaciella brunnea this species has some amazing intraspecific variation taylored for the local paperwasp species. The individuals at our research station are great mimics of one locally common paper wasp species, Polistes comanchus. This individual had just mated

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Contributed by Paul Lenhart on 23 May, 2008 - 12:10pm
Last updated 14 July, 2008 - 9:18am

Moved
Moved from Climaciella.
… john and jane balaban, 14 July, 2008 - 9:18am login or register to post comments

Climaciella brunnea
Yes, your specimen is indeed Climaciella brunnea. They have a huge range of variation and it seems this variation is highly dependent on the Polistes spp. they mimic in that particular region. This is definitely my favourite mantidfly.
… Virgiliu Marius Aurelian, 28 May, 2008 - 10:36pm login or register to post comments

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