Mantis Lacewing: Face

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Net-winged Insects (Neuroptera)

Family:

Mantidfly (Mantispidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Mantis Lacewing (Campion callosus)

This Photo:

🔍Face🔎

Thank you Frank Pierce (FankPierce) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~9mm long. Distinctive red patch on each of it's fore & hind wings.
As the name suggests, the front legs are very mantis like. They have a large black patch on the inside which we weren't able to show clearly.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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