Striped-wing Antlion: Ventral

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:

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
~31mm long. Came to the night light. Very distinctive stripe on it's rear wing (which are longer than the fore wings).

This species is

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

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