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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Antlions and Allies (Myrmeleontiformia) » Antlions & Owlflies (Myrmeleontidae) » Owlflies (Ascalaphinae) » Split-eyed Owlflies (Ululodes) » Macleay's Owlfly (Ululodes macleayanus)
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??? - Ululodes macleayanus
Copyright © 2006 Andrew Willias

??? - Ululodes macleayanus
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA
May 20, 2006
This guy was moving his abdomen around. I don't know whether he was trying to attract bugs or a mate, or something else. The end segments of his abdomen aren't visible in this shot because he was moving it around below him at the time.

Thanks for the help!

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??? - Ululodes macleayanus ??? - Ululodes macleayanus
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Contributed by Andrew Willias on 20 May, 2006 - 11:43am
Last updated 14 September, 2009 - 5:26pm

Moved
Moved from Owlflies.
… john and jane balaban, 19 August, 2006 - 9:32pm login or register to post comments

#53003 Identification -- Ululodes macleayanus
This is an adult of the owlfly Ululodes macleayanus (Guilding, 1825).
… John D. Oswald, 18 August, 2006 - 6:37pm login or register to post comments

Owlfly!
Hi Andrew,

Your creature there is an Owlfly, family Ascalaphidae. Might be genus Ululodes. Strange little beasts distantly related to lacewings and ant-lions. Not much else has such ridiculous antennae...

Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D.
World Birding Center
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
joshua.rose_NO_SPAM@tpwd.state.tx.us
956-584-9156 x 236
… Joshua Stuart Rose, 20 May, 2006 - 11:57am login or register to post comments

Looks
like an owlfly.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 20 May, 2006 - 11:51am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks!
… Andrew Willias, 20 May, 2006 - 11:52am login or register to post comments

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