Species Brachynemurus abdominalis

Thorax is predominantly a yellow, marked with brown. This species can be distinguished by the 2 brown bands on the yellow prothorax and the brown dots, which are equally distributed, on the wing. The median vein is without brown dots and is, therefore, pale. The abdomen is largely brown or black. (1)

Color is overall yellow and brown. Especially note the two longitudinal brown stripes on the pronotum, which are typically broader posteriorly, and fade out toward the head.

According to John Oswald, "This is one of our most wide spread North American antlion species, and one of the most commonly photographed species in the eastern U.S."

Much of our area (ON-BC south to GA-LA-CA)(2)

Full state listing reported by Penny, Adams, & Stange includes Canada: BC, MB, ON; United States: AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, PA, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY(2)

BugGuide data adds not-unexpected records for AL, DE, MT, NH, OH, RI, SC