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Orange Antlion - Callistoleon erythrocephalus

Family Myrmeleontidae 

This page contains pictures and information about Orange Antlions that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
 
Orange Antlion - adult 
 
Pictures taken in Alexandra Hill during early summer. The lacewing has bright orange colour head and thorax with spotted wings.
 
 
 
So far we saw this lacewing only once.
 
Their larvae are true Antlions, build sand traps on ground.  
 
 

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. Callistoleon erythrocephalus - Australian Faunal Directory, Australian Biological Resources Study.
 
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Last updated: December 29, 2005.