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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Antlions and Allies (Myrmeleontiformia) » Antlions & Owlflies (Myrmeleontidae) » Picture-winged Antlions and Allies (Nemoleontinae) » Euptilon » Euptilon sinuatum
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Antlion?? - Euptilon sinuatum
Copyright © 2006 Ed Johnson

Antlion?? - Euptilon sinuatum
Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas, USA
June 13, 2006
Size: ~30 mm
Is this an Antlion? While I haven't a clue as to whether they're diagnostic of anything, the features that I noticed are the distinctive mouth parts, the "fire opal" eyes, and the striped antennae.

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Contributed by Ed Johnson on 13 June, 2006 - 11:42pm
Last updated 18 August, 2006 - 4:30pm

Moved
Moved from Antlions.
… john and jane balaban, 18 August, 2006 - 4:30pm login or register to post comments

#57560 Identification -- Euptilon sinuatum
This is the antlion Euptilon sinuatum (Currie, 1903).
… John D. Oswald, 18 August, 2006 - 4:27pm login or register to post comments

moved
to guide page. Nice shot.
… Lynette Elliott, 27 June, 2006 - 10:58pm login or register to post comments

Antlion
Looks like one to me. I wonder if the fourt spots near the "shoulder" would help with the species ID? I've always heard most Antlions are hard to take to species.

Great photo!
… Stephen_WV, 14 June, 2006 - 4:54am login or register to post comments

No idea what it is, but the p
No idea what it is, but the photo is amazing!
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 14 June, 2006 - 1:21am login or register to post comments

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