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WARNING: Predation - Leptomantispa pulchella
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WARNING: Predation - Leptomantispa pulchella
Pitkin, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, USA
July 25, 2019
any ideas who's doing the eating?

Dinner buffet at the moth sheets - for John.
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Contributed by Marcia Morris on 30 July, 2019 - 10:30am
Last updated 8 July, 2021 - 7:54am

Moved
Moved from Mantispinae.

I count only 5 "wishbones" in wing venation, so it should be this species over Dicromantispa sayi.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 8 July, 2021 - 7:54am

Moved
Moved from Mantidflies.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 12 September, 2020 - 9:56am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 July, 2019 - 10:35am

The diner is a mantispid.
The dinner appears to be a caddisfly.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 July, 2019 - 10:35am

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