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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Antlions and Allies (Myrmeleontiformia) » Antlions & Owlflies (Myrmeleontidae) » Giant, Long-tailed, and Pit-trapping Antlions (Myrmeleontinae) » Pit-trapping Antlions (Myrmeleontini) » Pit-trapping Antlions (Myrmeleon) » Myrmeleon exitialis
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Antlion - Myrmeleon exitialis
Copyright © 2009 Donald Erickson

Antlion - Myrmeleon exitialis
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
August 2, 2009
Size: 1 1/8 inch
When I first found this one, I thought it was a dragonfly. But the antenna, and the way it lays it's wings back, may mean it is a fly of some sort. Any ideas?

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Contributed by Donald Erickson on 2 August, 2009 - 9:57am
Last updated 22 May, 2010 - 7:41pm

Moved
Moved from Antlions.
… v belov, 22 May, 2010 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

#313780 Identification – Myrmeleon exitialis
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… John D. Oswald, 22 May, 2010 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… Kevin Hall, 23 August, 2009 - 9:33pm login or register to post comments

Looks like an antlion
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More info here
http://bugguide.net/node/view/137
… apgarm, 2 August, 2009 - 10:01am login or register to post comments

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