Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Lacewings and Allies (Hemerobiiformia) » Pleasing Lacewings (Dilaridae) » Nallachius » Nallachius americanus
Photo#842745
What is this? - Nallachius americanus - female
Copyright © 2013 A. Hendrickson

What is this? - Nallachius americanus - Female
Schulenburg, Fayette County, Texas, USA
September 13, 2013
I think the antenna are too short for it to be a Lepidoptera. The only thought I had was maybe a Forcep Fly.

Images of this individual: tag all
What is this? - Nallachius americanus - female What is this? - Nallachius americanus - female
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by A. Hendrickson on 16 September, 2013 - 11:58am
Last updated 7 February, 2018 - 8:57pm

BTW...Congratulations! Your post was referenced in publication.
I've been working today on the Nallachius pages on BugGuide (as a contributing editor)...and while researching I noticed that Woodville, TX (in far eastern Texas) is the location for the westernmost vouchered record appearing in the literature for this species (cf. Stange(1961)).

Your photo here is about 250 km further west than Woodville...so you are pushing the envelope :-)

In fact, I just found that your post here was referenced as the last entry among the "Supplemental Records" on pg 4 of the publication Bowles et al(2015)! That paper made use of BugGuide records as part of its assessment of the geographic distribution of Nallachius species.

However, there is currently one other TX BugGuide post, made after the 2015 paper of Bowles et al was published. It's north of you, near Dallas...and appears to be a bit more to the west as well...thus pushing the envelope a little further :-)
… Aaron Schusteff, 8 February, 2018 - 2:13am login or register to post comments

 
.
How very interesting! Thank you for taking time to inform me. I am pretty sure it is my first print reference!
… A. Hendrickson, 8 February, 2018 - 8:24am login or register to post comments

This is a female
Males have pectinate antennae, while females have filiform antennae...as seen in your photo here.
… Aaron Schusteff, 7 February, 2018 - 10:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John R. Maxwell, 16 September, 2013 - 12:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Many thanks
John. I had no idea Lacewings could look like this!
… A. Hendrickson, 16 September, 2013 - 12:52pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact