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Mantidfly Larvae
Copyright © 2015 Jennifer Thompson

Mantidfly Larvae
Wimberley, Hays County, Texas, USA
September 2, 2015
Found this in the abandoned egg sac of a Hogna antelucana wolf spider. She made the sac on 7/28/2015 and discarded it today, 9/2/205. I opened it to find about 10-15 spiderlings and this hard yellowish silk ball. Inside the ball was this mantidfly larvae. Looks like it was almost ready to turn into an adult. I am not sure, but this may be Dicromantispa interrupta.

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Contributed by Jennifer Thompson on 2 September, 2015 - 10:22pm
Last updated 21 February, 2019 - 6:19pm

Oh my goodness.
It is on my wish list to find a larva or pupa/cocoon of one of these.
Very nice! Thank you for posting.
… MJ Hatfield, 16 November, 2022 - 12:28pm

Moved
Moved from Mantidflies.
… Bob Biagi, 21 February, 2019 - 6:19pm

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