Hairy Antlion
S1, Male, Upper Body, ventral
Ellura
Painted-face Antlion
S1, dorsal
 
                 
Hairy Antlion (Heoclisis fundata)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Net-winged Insects (Neuroptera)
Family: Antlion (Myrmeleontidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Hairy Antlion (Heoclisis fundata)
This Photo:     S1, Male, Ventral

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

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Females ~36mm to ~38mm long; Males ~33mm to ~42mm long, ~90mm wingspan.
These are very variable in colour (in both body & wing patches). The stripe pattern on the pronotum is consistent, as is the striped antennae & yellow mouth parts.
Males have 2 long anal appendages that female don't.

Copyright © 2015-2026 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.