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Family Mantispidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Mantid Lacewing II that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- body length 30mm
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- Mantid Lacewings are active predators, chasing
prey with their spiny forelegs. This Mantid Lacewing is pinkish-brown in colours.
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- We found this Mantid Lacewing once on Daisy-hills on Sept 2011.
- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 533.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus &
Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p319.
- 3. A revision of the Australian Mantispidae
(Insecta : Neuroptera) with a contribution to the classification of the family. I. General and Drepanicinae - KJ Lambkin, Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 34(116) 1 -
142, 1986.
- 4. Lacewings - Queensland Museum, 2011.
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