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