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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Antlions and Allies (Myrmeleontiformia) » Antlions & Owlflies (Myrmeleontidae) » Giant, Long-tailed, and Pit-trapping Antlions (Myrmeleontinae) » Giant Antlions (Acanthaclisini) » Vella » Vella fallax » Vella fallax texana
Photo#71806
Giant Ant Lion - Vella fallax
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

Giant Ant Lion - Vella fallax
Organ Mountains foothills, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, USA
August 9, 2006
Size: about 64 mm!!
Notice what appears to be a tibial claw on the front leg.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 20 August, 2006 - 11:53am
Last updated 9 September, 2022 - 8:02pm

Moved
Moved from Vella fallax.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 9 September, 2022 - 8:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Vella.
… Jim McClarin, 21 August, 2006 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

#71806 Identification -- Vella fallax
This is the antlion Vella fallax (Rambur, 1842), one of our largest North American species of this family.
… John D. Oswald, 21 August, 2006 - 8:20am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, John.
I appreciate the benefit of your expertise.
… Jim McClarin, 21 August, 2006 - 3:04pm login or register to post comments

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