Striped-wing Antlion
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Ellura
Striped-wing Antlion
Wing Venation
 
                      
Striped-wing Antlion (Distoleon bistrigatus)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Net-winged Insects (Neuroptera)
Family: Antlion (Myrmeleontidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Striped-wing Antlion (Distoleon bistrigatus)
This Photo:     Thorax

Thank you Ken Harris for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~31mm long. Came to the night light. Very distinctive stripe on it's rear wing (which are longer than the fore wings).

Copyright © 2018-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 20-Mar-2018
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.