Myrmeleontidae 1 (larva)

Meaning of name:

Unknown.

Distribution:

Unknown.

Description:

This lacewing larva was approximately 12 millimetres long.

Notes:

The larvae of some species of lacewing spend their lives underground at the bottom of cone-shaped pits. They devour invertebrates, usually ants, which walk into the pits.

It was photographed in October.

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