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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 » Green Mantidflies (Zeugomantispa) » Zeugomantispa minuta
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Mantid ? - Zeugomantispa minuta
Copyright © 2008 Jerry Armstrong

Mantid ? - Zeugomantispa minuta
Moccasin Lake, Winston, Douglas County, Georgia, USA
August 26, 2008
Size: about 15 mm
Small green mantid, but which one. When I first saw it, I dismissed it as another Green Lacewing. Attracted to light and feeding voraciously (???) on insects too small to image. Very quick. Is this an immature? Help by someone with ID would be appreciated.

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Mantid ? - Zeugomantispa minuta Mantid ? - Zeugomantispa minuta
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Contributed by Jerry Armstrong on 27 August, 2008 - 12:18am
Last updated 27 August, 2008 - 2:07am

Mantispid actually...
These cool-looking insects are mantidflies (Mantispidae) which are fairly common in your area. I believe this is Zeugomantispa minuta. Gotta love those eyes.

See reference here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/40288
… Ross Hill, 27 August, 2008 - 12:33am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Thank you a bunch. Yes, those eyes are something else. I took a lot of photos of this little fellow because he was simply a very neat insect, especially the eyes.
… Jerry Armstrong, 27 August, 2008 - 1:59am login or register to post comments

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