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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) » Giant Antlions (Acanthaclisini) » Vella » Vella fallax » Vella fallax texana
Photo#551057
Large Insect - Vella fallax
Copyright © 2011 William Geoghegan

Large Insect - Vella fallax
Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA
July 24, 2011
Size: 7 cm long
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Contributed by William Geoghegan on 24 July, 2011 - 2:29pm
Last updated 9 September, 2022 - 8:06pm

Moved
Moved from Vella fallax.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 9 September, 2022 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… v belov, 8 March, 2013 - 7:34am login or register to post comments

#551057 - Vella fallax
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… John D. Oswald, 8 March, 2013 - 7:28am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Antlions.

Sorry about the double move and the unnecessary e-mail (not sure exactly how that happened).
… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 July, 2011 - 6:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 July, 2011 - 6:25pm login or register to post comments

Vella fallax?
See what you think... Guide.
… John Stanard, 24 July, 2011 - 4:54pm login or register to post comments

 
I see lots of ant-lion adults
I see lots of ant-lion adults here in Santa Fe but this is by far the largest I have seen. Thanks.
… William Geoghegan, 24 July, 2011 - 6:32pm login or register to post comments

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