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dragonfly? - Myrmeleon

dragonfly? - Myrmeleon
Haymarket, Prince William County, Virginia, USA
June 16, 2014
this one came in with me at 9:30pm tonight from the flood light in the backyard.

Moved

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Neuroptera?
Dragonflies have tiny, inconspicuous antennae. This is probably Neuroptera (and so more closely related to a house fly than a dragonfly).

Myrmeleon sp., a so-called 'antlion'
not related to dragonflies

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