Can Anyone Help Identify these?
Aug 17, 2014 20:18:50 #
The first one looks like a preying mantis but with wings? #2 - are these seeds or eggs?
Aug 17, 2014 20:25:04 #
Aug 17, 2014 20:29:28 #
dragonswing wrote:
I didn't know that. I have lots of them in my garden but this is the first one I have seen with wings. Thanks.Preying mantises do have wings and can fly.
Aug 17, 2014 20:33:12 #
Hi,how did you take the first one? I really like the soft reflection, it looks cool!
Aug 17, 2014 20:37:25 #
pfrancke wrote:
It was on my car window.Hi,how did you take the first one? I really like the soft reflection, it looks cool!
Aug 17, 2014 20:41:10 #
Aug 18, 2014 00:57:54 #
I'm no expert but it looks like a mantidfly. Nice Capture CCG.I like the fly as well.
Aug 18, 2014 02:34:32 #
Immature (nymph) mantids do not yet have wings, but adults are winged and can fly.
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Aug 18, 2014 09:49:58 #
nice find on the mantidfly,they use those claws just like a preying mantis.i shot one eating last year.it was so small i didnt realize what it was until download
Aug 18, 2014 10:03:46 #
All very nice CCG! Love #3's eyes. Looks like seeds to me instead of eggs. Notice the ones inside the flower(?) pod.
Aug 18, 2014 10:24:28 #
Aug 18, 2014 10:28:55 #
Coolcameragirl, you have cool shots! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Aug 18, 2014 10:45:36 #
Ah, so it's a mantifly! Thanks for the help and all the nice comments. I haven't photographed much this summer, but found out this weekend how much I missed my macro and have to continue to squeeze it into my schedule.
Aug 18, 2014 14:57:08 #
Some probably unwanted info: Mantidflies are in the same order of insects as green lacewings (Neuroptera), they have a pupal stage in development. Mantids are in Orthoptera (nowdays broken into several smaller orders, including Mantodea) that do not have a pupal stage. The second pic shows seeds ofwhatever that plant is -- see some still inside the pod. The third is probably a fly in the same family as houseflies (Muscidae), but there are a whole lot of flies!!! The wing veins and antenna are similar.
Aug 18, 2014 15:05:02 #
relbugman wrote:
Thanks, Relbugman! Good info.Some probably unwanted info: Mantidflies are in t... (show quote)
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