Buzzing Antlion: S3, anterior

Buzzing Antlion (Compsoleon cf bembicidis)

Class:

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

Order:

Net-winged Insects (Neuroptera)

Family:

Antlion (Myrmeleontidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Buzzing Antlion (Compsoleon cf bembicidis)

This Photo:

🔍S3, anterior🔎

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
1st Record in SA on Atlas
2nd Record in Australia on Atlas:
~18mm long
We had 3 come to the night light on one night. Not observed before nor since. Perhaps they are short lived, so not observed very often?

This species is

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

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