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🧚 Lacewings & Antlions

Mantidfly

Mantispa styriaca

About

A remarkable insect with raptorial forelegs strikingly similar to a praying mantis, a textbook example of convergent evolution. Adults ambush small insects from vegetation.

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Did You Know?

Mantidfly larvae are parasitoids that enter spider egg sacs and feed on the eggs before pupating inside.