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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)
Photo#9108
Myrmeleon
Copyright © 2004 Cotinis

Myrmeleon
Weymouth Woods Preserve, Moore County, North Carolina, USA
June 4, 2004
Found fluttering about in the vegetation during the day. Weymouth Woods is in the Carolina Sandhills, and this area is managed by periodic prescribed burning. Note that this antlion was clinging vertically in both photos--I just left them flipped in order to save space on the web page.

These look rather similar to Tony's photo from Florida, also a dry sandhills type habitat:



Thanks for identification--see comments.
Image updated 12/27/20.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 13 December, 2004 - 11:33pm
Last updated 27 December, 2020 - 1:05pm

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#9108 Identification -- Myrmeleon sp.
This is an antlion in the genus Myrmeleon. Can't tell which one from this shot.
… John D. Oswald, 18 August, 2006 - 3:54pm login or register to post comments

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