A small mantis fly on the leaf of the climbing bean. Apologies for the quality of the pics.

#MantisFly #GardeningAU

It was clearly #Beetle Night here in #Canberra last night. Here's the view from my Automated #Moth Trap just after midnight. There were enormous numbers of the small scarab Phyllotocus macleayi. This shot also includes two, maybe three, different #mantisfly species.

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#AMT #Coleoptera #Scarabaeidae #Neuroptera #Mantispidae #Lepidoptera #entomology

Last of my You Yangs shots, here's a mantisfly! Those arms share the same purpose as a praying mantis', but these insects are more closely related to lacewing!

#WildOz #OzInverts #MacroPhotography #YouYangs #Australia #Insect #Nature #Arthropod #Mantisfly #Mantidfly #Mantispidae