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Family Ascalaphidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Cloudy-wings Owl-flies that
we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- Body length 45mm
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- This Owl-fly has the
all black antenna. The eyes are dark brown in colours. There are the creamy white pterostigma
on each wing and cloudy grey shaded near wing tip. The pterostigma is creamy
white.
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- We found this owl-fly in Karawatha Forest on Jan 2010.
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- Reference:
- 1. Revision
of the Australian Ascalaphidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) - New, T.R.
(1984). Aust. J. Zool. Suppl. 100: 1-86.
- 2. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 542.
- 3. Ascalaphidae - Neuroptera - WHAT BUGS IS THAT? CSIRO, 2010. Australian Insect Families, viewed 10 January 2010.
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