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Family Myrmeleontidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Banded Antlions that
we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Banded Antlion - adult, body length 40mm
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- We found this adult
Antlion during summer in Alexandra Hill bushland. There are quite a
number in a small area. All of them hiding under fallen tree or stem close to
the ground.
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- When disturbed they fly slowly away to another hiding place.
Because of their camouflaged colour, they are difficult to spot if they do not
move.
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- They can
also be found in Mt Cotton bushland and Karawatha Forest.
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- They
have the dark brown body with speckled forewings. Their hindwings have two
black bands towards apex.
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- Reference and Link:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 541.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus &
Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p323.
- 3. Glenoleon pulchellus
- Australian Insect Common Names, 2005, CSIRO.
- 4. Glenoleon pulchellus
- Australian Faunal Directory, Australian Biological
Resources Study.
- 5. Wildlife
of greater Brisbane - Queensland Museum, p100.
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