Strange insect... by Jean_C
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I do not know the name of this insect, I was very surprised by its size, almost 10 cm (4 inch), I think I had never seen one before. The photo was taken on August 24. Thanks very much to doctersions who was kind enough to look at this photo and identify the insect: it is an Nevroptera insect, and its name is "Myrmeleon acer"
Je ne connais pas le nom de cet insecte, j'ai été très étonné par sa taille, près de 10 cm (4 inch), je pense que je n'en avais jamais vu avant. La photo à été prise le 24 août. Merci beaucoup à doctersions qui a eu la gentillesse de regarder cette photo et a identifié l'insecte: c'est un insecte de la famille des Névroptère qui s'appelle: "Myrmeleon acer"
Comments (25)
Leije
Cet insecte est vraiment curieux, de par sa taille, son abdomen très long, et ses ailes très transparentes et structurées en mosaïque.......belle trouvaille et magnifique prise de vue, Jean-Claude !
Staticon
The wings are similar to a lacewings. Could it be a member of the lacewing species?
Les ailes sont semblables à une lacets. Pourrait-il s’agir d’un membre de l’espèce des chrysopes?
mifdesign
Great photo but, that's an alien, my dear friend!
mtdana
The size of a dragonfly but the wings are wrong. Interesting find and capture 😀
martial
Etrange capture ,en effet. Ton sens de l'observation ne se dément pas pour l'avoir ainsi photographié.
aqua1955
It has dragonfly wings, but also the head of a beetle. Never seen it before
VDH
Very unique insect , awesome capture and like always very interesting !!
romangirl
Four inches! Pretty big! Maybe some sort of dragon fly. Great catch!
miwi
Fantastic capture,if ever you know what it is,let me know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Radar_rad-dude
I would have sworn it was a very ancient and beautifully crafted light bulb! Fascinating find and marvelous photo!
goldie
What amazing wings this insect has---very interesting capture, J_C.
eekdog
Almost blends in with the pavement. Cool find and great capture my friend. 5+!
RedPhantom
Might be a Dobsonfly. It's interesting, whatever it is.
rbowen
One more magical creation from nature! Great capture!!! Thank you for sharing!
pchef Online Now!
effectivement, je n'ai jamais vu un "truc" comme ça. :-)
dochtersions
It could be a kind of this one:"Myrmeleon acer". It's always interesting to find an unknown kind of insect, lucky you you could captured this one, my friend. Link from Wikipedia in French: I had posted a link but it's gone now. I'll try the Dutch link, you can search in French then.Myrmeleon
Jean_C
You're right, the resemblance is obvious, for the wings and also for the antennae! I also arrived at this determination by a means that I used for the first time: I photographed the image of the insect on my screen using the "Seek" application on my smartphone, I was very upset when there was a response! But on Wikipedia, there is very little information on this insect ... Thank you again for your interest in my work!
daggerwilldo
It is a beauty of nature for sure. Look at the sleek design and beautiful wings. We will have aircraft shaped the same someday.
starship64
His name is Phil. ;-p
Seriously, I have no idea, but this is a great capture.
ItWasNotAvailable
I think it is a dragonfly with its wings folded back. It is super to come across a species one has never seen before and to be able to take a photo is double whammy! I used to be startled by the size of some dragonflies, until I had a close encounter with a praying mantis. Let's say, I am less startled since then... ;-)
Kordouane
Première visite pour mon retour, pas d'internet jusqu'à hier. Besoin de repos à la suite de cette cure qui a été très fatigante. Pour le moment je ne peux pas travailler trop longtemps sur ordinateur, mais je viens te faire un petite visite pour te saluer. J'espère que vous allez bien tous les deux et que vous êtes en bonne santé. Merci pour ce beau partage (c'est un fourmilion), amicalement Kordouane
virginiese
Vraiment curieux cet insecte : je vois dochtersions parler de Myrmeleon acer. Je ne savais même pas que ça existait ! Excellente photo, en tous cas !
Richardphotos
very good capture. I think, I have seen here, but had no idea for the name
UteBigSmile
Jamais vu une petite bestiolle pareille et je ne voudrais pas la voir de tout pret nonplus!
anitalee
Excellent
kgb224
Great find and capture.