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Photo#213932
mantidfly - Dicromantispa interrupta

mantidfly - Dicromantispa interrupta
fayetteville, washington County, Arkansas, USA
July 22, 2008

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mantidfly - Dicromantispa interrupta mantidfly - Dicromantispa interrupta

Puts most those bizarre Stars Wars creatures to shame...
...and this one wasn't manufactured in a studio :-)

Might the unfortunate victim have been something close to one of the below?

Moved
Moved from Mantidflies.

Dicromantispa interrupta
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