Split-eyed Owlfly S1, Male, dorsal | Split-eyed Owlfly S3, Female, dorsal | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Net-winged Insects (Neuroptera) | ||||
Family: | Owlfly (Ascalaphidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Split-eyed Owlfly (Megacmonotus magnus) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍S2, Female, dorsal🔎 | ||||
Thank you John Luck for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere This has to be the platypus of the insect world. Damselfly wings & tail, butterfly head & antennae and massive eyes from who knows where. Thank you to Ken Harris for pointing out this specimen is a male. Ken said "Only the male has the forked and tufted prominence on a front segment of its abdomen" | |||||
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