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Photo#24161
Wasp-like Mantidfly - Climaciella brunnea - female

Wasp-like Mantidfly - Climaciella brunnea - Female
Carter Park, Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, USA
July 13, 2005
Size: 22mm
This female mantidfly was very cooperative for macrophotography since she was laying eggs. I zoomed in on a Black swallowtail butterfly and found this jewel too.

#24161 Identification (confirmed) -- Climaciella brunnea
This is the mantispid Climaciella brunnea (Say in Keating, 1824).

 
Thanks for the confirmation,
Thanks for the confirmation, John! :)

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