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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 » Dicromantispa » Say's Mantidfly (Dicromantispa sayi)
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Mantis Fly? - Dicromantispa sayi
Copyright © 2009 Jeff Babson

Mantis Fly? - Dicromantispa sayi
Vail, Pima County, Arizona, USA
July 23, 2009
Size: Approx. 1 in.
This great bug was found in the morning (~6:00AM). I had left the light on all night to see what would show up and I got this guy.
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Contributed by Jeff Babson on 4 August, 2009 - 11:08pm
Last updated 17 August, 2013 - 5:28pm

Moved
Moved from Dicromantispa.
… Aaron Schusteff, 17 August, 2013 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 10 September, 2009 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

Yep thats what it is.
Info and photos to compare here:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/4796

Maybe someone can tell you genus.
… Natalie Hernandez, 4 August, 2009 - 11:28pm login or register to post comments

 
looks a lot like Dicromantispa sayi...
...but i've never seen a number of [south]western mantispid spp.
… v belov, 5 August, 2009 - 12:28am login or register to post comments

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