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what is it please? - Dicromantispa sayi
Copyright © 2011 Cathy Wilson

what is it please? - Dicromantispa sayi
loudonville, Ashland County, Ohio, USA
August 23, 2011
Size: Under 2 inches
Contributed by Cathy Wilson on 23 August, 2011 - 4:32pm
Last updated 10 August, 2013 - 4:40pm

Moved
Moved from Mantidflies.
… v belov, 10 August, 2013 - 4:40pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Schneider, 16 September, 2011 - 4:45pm

mantispid?
Looks like a mantis-fly, or mantispid (family: Mantispidae). They're related to lacewings, but look like praying mantises - good example of the same features evolving more than once, in two lineages, respectively.
… Joe, 24 August, 2011 - 1:41am

 
Joseph! Thanks!
That parallel evolution (?) is truly interesting. So much to ponder in the tiniest of creatures.
… Cathy Wilson, 24 August, 2011 - 11:24am

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