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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
	Order:	Net-winged Insects (Neuroptera)
	Family:	Antlion (Myrmeleontidae)     iNaturalist Observation
	Species:	Patched-wing Antlion (Austrogymnocnemia meteorica)
	This Photo:	Ventral
	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 A small specimen at ~23mm. It's been 2 years since we've seen an Antlion, and suddenly 2 on one night. Came to our night light. A very distinctive dark patch on the rear wing.
	Copyright © 2018-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 21-Feb-2018
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.