#NewSpecies!
New owlfly from #india just flew in:

Protidricerus albocapitatus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D75728-FFC2-FF9D-FF0A-FA945D95E4AA
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5716.3.8
#Zootaxa #ProtidricerusAlbocapitatus

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #neuroptera #owlfly

Four #insects from the weekend at #Gluepot Reserve in the #mallee in #SouthAustralia

#Grasshopper (#Orthoptera) in the genus Pardillana - https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/528093-Pardillana

Merimna atrata, a Jewel #Beetle (#Buprestidae, #Coleoptera)

#Antlion (#Myrmelontidae, #Neuroptera, perhaps Bandidus)

#OwlFly (#Ascalaphidae, Neuroptera) in the genus Suhpalacsa (which spells Ascalaphus backwards)

#entomology #Australia

#NewSpecies
New owlfly from #arizona #usa just flew in:

Ululodes chiricahuensis

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/039287D2-0045-FFA9-FE99-FC0F2885FA68
Publication: http://doi.org/10.1206/4010.1
#AmericanMuseumNovitates #BioOneNews #UlulodesChiricahuensis

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While out checking for moths I found an owlfly last night (Ululodes sp.). First time I've seen one. They're related to lacewings and antlions, and more distantly dragonflies and damselflies.

#mothing #inaturalist #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #neuroptera #owlfly #coolbug #insects #macro

Warning: owlfly

#owlfly #owl #fly