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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Lacewings and Allies (Hemerobiiformia) » Mantid Lacewings (Mantispidae) » Mantispinae » Wasp Mantidflies (Climaciella) » Brown Wasp Mantidfly (Climaciella brunnea)
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Mantispid (Climaciella brunnea or something else?) - Climaciella brunnea
Copyright © 2018 Marian Lyman Kirst

Mantispid (Climaciella brunnea or something else?) - Climaciella brunnea
Billings, MT, Yellowstone County, Montana, USA
September 2, 2018
I had no idea these guys were in southern MT! Mantispids are one of my favorite insects, however I don't know much about the insect's species' distributions. Do all C. brunnea populations mimic Polistes exclamans or just those from the southern U.S.? The wasp mantidflies that have been found in MT seem to be mimicking some other Polistes species, no? If so, which one?
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Contributed by Marian Lyman Kirst on 3 September, 2018 - 12:50pm
Last updated 4 September, 2018 - 4:20pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Biagi, 4 September, 2018 - 4:20pm login or register to post comments

Yes
There is only one species of Mantidfly with the thick band on the wings. = Climaciella brunnea
Out west, Polistes aurifer might seem to be more scary:
… Bob Biagi, 4 September, 2018 - 2:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Appreciate your feedback, Bob! Thanks a bunch. Good to know about the wing band.
… Marian Lyman Kirst, 5 September, 2018 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

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