Large Hairy Antlion
Rearwing Venation
Ellura
Large Hairy Antlion
Back of Head
 
                      
Large Hairy Antlion (Heoclisis fundata)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Net-winged Insects (Neuroptera)
Family: Antlion (Myrmeleontidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Large Hairy Antlion (Heoclisis fundata)
This Photo:     Shoulder & Wing Attachments

Thank you Ken Harris for identifying and Vladislav Grigorenko for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~42mm long, ~90mm wingspan

Copyright © 2015-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 29-Dec-2015
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.