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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 » Leptomantispa » Leptomantispa pulchella
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Mantispid - Leptomantispa pulchella - Leptomantispa pulchella
Copyright © 2010 Ken Allen

Mantispid - Leptomantispa pulchella - Leptomantispa pulchella
Hillsborough County, Florida, USA
October 2, 2010
Size: ~10mm
on M. Vapor illuminated sheet

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Contributed by Ken Allen on 3 October, 2010 - 8:28am
Last updated 5 October, 2010 - 2:24pm

Moved
Moved from Frass.
… Ken Allen, 5 October, 2010 - 2:24pm login or register to post comments

Frassed
Moved from Leptomantispa pulchella.
… Ken Allen, 4 October, 2010 - 7:19pm login or register to post comments

 
???
Did these images get frassed by mistake? They look worth keeping to me.
… Beatriz Moisset, 5 October, 2010 - 10:25am login or register to post comments

 
No but OK.
I had not realized it was good for a data point. I was mostly aggravated from trying to do some edit that did not seem to work.
… Ken Allen, 5 October, 2010 - 2:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dicromantispa.
… Ken Allen, 4 October, 2010 - 7:17pm login or register to post comments

size inconsistent: forewing length in D. say is 10 mm or more
...and the other sp. is much larger
could you pls re-measure accurately based on thread count?
… v belov, 3 October, 2010 - 8:46am login or register to post comments

 
Best I can determine
1 mm = 24 count. tip of nose to tip of wings = 23 count
… Ken Allen, 3 October, 2010 - 10:04am login or register to post comments

 
thanks... now i'm completely confused...
did you mean, "1 cm [centimeter] = 24 count"?
… v belov, 3 October, 2010 - 10:11am login or register to post comments

 
Obviously I am too! 1 cm = 24 count
.
… Ken Allen, 3 October, 2010 - 10:13am login or register to post comments

 
cool.
so it's really REALLY tiny, by mantispid standards -- intriguing!
i wish the prothorax were more in focus...
will ask Dr Oswald to check. I can imagine a Leptomantispa this small, but our species is usually rather light-colored
… v belov, 3 October, 2010 - 10:23am login or register to post comments

 
Not really what you wanted/needed,
but I have added a photo from above.
… Ken Allen, 3 October, 2010 - 10:38am login or register to post comments

 
thanks a lot, Ken--
for reasons unknown, the forebody closeup shows a much lighter coloration and pretty smooth prothorax consistent w/Leptomantispa pulchella, as far as i know
… v belov, 3 October, 2010 - 10:52am login or register to post comments

 
I had lightened that some for detail.
I have removed that photo and replaced it with one that has only been cropped and sharpened.
… Ken Allen, 3 October, 2010 - 11:11am login or register to post comments

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