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Hymenoptera or what?! - Climaciella brunnea
Copyright © 2006 Steve Scott

Hymenoptera or what?! - Climaciella brunnea
Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
August 2, 2006
Size: 2 cm
Wings of hymenoptera, abdomen of wasp - but the head and hands look mantid. What is it? It was attracted to the porch light. I couldn't get a decent shot so I took it inside and it happily posed on a sheet of paper.

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Hymenoptera or what?! - Climaciella brunnea Hymenoptera or what?! - Climaciella brunnea
Contributed by Steve Scott on 3 August, 2006 - 12:46am

#68301 Identification (confirmed) -- Climaciella brunnea
This is the mantispid Climaciella brunnea (Say in Keating, 1824).
… John D. Oswald, 19 August, 2006 - 5:23pm

wasp mantidfly
Check out wasp mantidfly.
… Joyce Gross, 3 August, 2006 - 12:52am

 
Thanks
Joyce. My first.
… Steve Scott, 3 August, 2006 - 1:17am

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