Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Mantidfly (Dicromantispa interrupta)



Mantidfly 
(Dicromantispa interrupta)

Predatory: Adults eat small insects, caught with their raptorial forelegs.

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2 comments:

Lisa at Greenbow said...

I have not seen this ill looking mantid. Ill looking in that I am used to seeing the Green ones. Interesting.

Marvin said...

Mantidflies are a case of convergent evolution where two different groups independently developed the same characteristics. (It's also a case of a confusing common name.) Mantidflies are more closely related to ant lions, lacewings and the like than they are to true mantids.