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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) » Pit-trapping Antlions (Myrmeleontini) » Pit-trapping Antlions (Myrmeleon) » unidentified larvae (Myrmeleon unidentified larvae)
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Myrmeleontidae - Myrmeleon
Copyright © 2012 Miles Buddy

Myrmeleontidae - Myrmeleon
Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
March 29, 2012
Is this a Myrmeleon species?

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Contributed by Miles Buddy on 29 March, 2012 - 1:07pm
Last updated 29 March, 2012 - 4:11pm

ID confirmed by John Oswald
Moved from Antlions.
… v belov, 29 March, 2012 - 4:11pm login or register to post comments

suspect something different... nice series!
in what situation was it found?
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 29 March, 2012 - 1:47pm login or register to post comments

 
It was
found inside a cone-shaped antlion pit.
… Miles Buddy, 29 March, 2012 - 2:03pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks... this does support your initial tentative ID
adding such habitat/biology notes to the 'Remarks' in the submission form it always a good idea.
hope Dr Oswald chimes in
… v belov, 29 March, 2012 - 2:07pm login or register to post comments

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