A photo of a brown and tan mantidly from the front. The mantidfly's head and forebody is tilted to the right. It is holding a dark brown partially dismembered bug in its rust brown raptorial arms. It's metallic bronze hemispherical eyes are on the sides of its small triangular head. The mantidfly's body is just out of focus behind it.

We interrupt the day's #BeetlePosting with a #SelfCare #PSA. Your #Mantidfly friend (Dicromantispa interrupta) knows that the #Holidays can be a rough time for many of us for many reasons. Try to find your peace; remember to hydrate, and snack when you need to. 🙏❤️

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Always just the best bug encounter :) They really do help me pass the time until we get a District 9 sequel. The hard bit is when you need to try ditch them outside in a dark corner of the garden. #mantidfly

#Mantidfly <3 The best reason to wear a head lamp yet!

Cancel my plans for today, I need to process meeting another #mantidfly. #rad

A macro photo of a tan and brown mantidfly. The mantidfly's mantid-like raptorial limbs (which gives these insects their name) are tucked below its head, and are brown and spined. The head is triangular and the large hemispherical bronze metallic eyes are on each side. The rest of the body is just out of focus.

Timeline Cleanse.

Four-spotted #Mantidfly, Dicromantispa interrupta

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"Brown Wasp Mantidfly" -Climaciella brunnea

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#wasp
#mimic
#Neuroptera

A tan colored mantidfly resting on the shiny black surface of a lamp pole. The mantifly's mantid-like raptorial arms (which give these flies their name) are dark rusty brown and held underneath its small triangular head which has large bronze metallic eyes. The thorax descends tube-like behind the head to a boxy rear part from which the rear pair of legs emerge. Long lcy transparent wings extend back covering the curved abdomen.

A photo of the mantidfly's head and raptorial arms as it snacks on a twig ant.

Another photo of the mantidfly from the side as it snacked on the twig ant.

It is time for a #Mantidfly thread because last night I had 6 at the light at the same time! 😻. First up, the Four-spotted Mantidfly, #Dicromantispa interrupta (Seen feeding on a twig ant.)

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A photo of a brown and tan mantidfly from the side as it walks across a white sheet. The mantidfly has a small head that is mostly large round bronze metallic eyes with long slender antennae pointing forward. The bespined brown and tan mantid-like raptorial claws which gives these insects their common names, is tucked up underneath the head. The thorax has a long neck-like tubular structure that sweeps down to a tan striped box like structure that the other 2 sets of legs come from. Long transparent ovate net-like wings cover the brown and tan striped abdomen.

The Mantidfly Union™ has informed me that they have noticed a lack of my cooperation recently so I should remedy that. 🫥

Beautiful #Mantidfly, #Leptomantispa pulchella, a tiny (15mm long) friend.

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A photo of a green mantidfly from the side. The mantid fly has a small triangular head with large round metallic eyes on the side of its head. The mantid-like raptorial arms which gives these insects their names are tucked close under the head and are a bright green. Its neck is brown, but the rest of the body and the edges of the wings are green. The wings cover the thick abdomen and are clear and are covered in net-like veins.

It's been a while since I have seen green ones! Green Mantidfly, Zeugomantispa minuta

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Junebug 2025 Day 21 - Mantidfly
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This neat little bug that I found outside is called a "mantidfly", a bug related to the mantis that is in the lacewing family and certain species mimic wasps. They are usually harmless and don't have stingers like actual wasps.
#insect #bug #mantidfly #mantis #lacewing #outside #outdoors #nature

A wasp mantidfly: a brown, orange, and yellow neuropteran that looks like a combination of mantis and wasp Captions: Behold! The Wasp Mantidfly Climaciella brunnea Not a fly Not a mantis Not a wasp larvae ride spiders (then eat the spiders' eggs)

I found another favorite insect to add to the pile
#insect #bug #mantidfly #education #doodle

I am currently bad at #video (am learning) but here is a video the Four-spotted #Mantidfly (#Dicromantispa interrupta) and its meal from last night. No sound as the AC was running and aint nobody wants to hear that.😂

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A photo of a tan and brown mantidfly taken from the front as it rests on a white sheet. The mantidfly's forebody is tilted to the right. It's large globular eyes are a metallic bronze. It is eating what looks like a small bug that it is holding in it's brown raptorial claws.

This is a #SelfCare #PSA brought to you by Four-spotted #Mantidfly friend ( #Dicromantispa interrupta ). Take a break, #stretch, #hydrate, get a snack if you need it. 🙏❤️

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#Neuroptera

A photo of the head and raptorial arms of a brown and bronze mantidfly. The mantifly's large globular eyes are a bronze metallic, its triangular face pale tan almost yellow, it's powerful mantid-like raptorial arms are a rich brown color.

A photo of the mantid fly from the upper side as it eats what I believe is a bug. The mantidfly grasps its dark colored prey in its raptorial arms as it eats it. visible here is the long tube like thorax from which the lacy net-like wings extend backward over the brown and orange colored curved abdomen

A photo of the mantidfly's dorsal surface, showing the lacy net-ike wings covering the abdomen, the long tube-like thorax and the head and raptorial arms.

a photo of the mantidfly's side sowing the raptorial arms in greater detail, tucked up close to the mantidfly's thorax and the lacy wings.

Happy #invertefest #Friday from my first #mantidfly of the season, the Four-spotted Mandtidfly, #Dicromantispa interrupta.

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Mantid fly with brown wings, yellow-striped brown body, perched on two fingers

Mantid fly with brown wings, yellow-striped brown body perched vertically in a leaflet grooming its right foreleg claw.

Mantid fly with brown wings, yellow-striped brown body resting a leaf facing left.

Aliens on Earth? #Climaciella brunnea is called the #wasp #mantidfly, Fam. #Mantispidae, for its resemblance to wasps. The larvae locate wolf #spider females. They enter her egg sac as it is being formed. From within the protected sac, it will eat the spider’s eggs. #Predation #Lycosidae

A photo of the front of a brown and tan mantidly which is resting on light blue painted wood. Large dark bronze iridescent hemispherical eyes are on the sides of the mantidfly's narrow triangular head. The dark spined front raptorial arms, much like those of a praying mantids which gives this insect it's name, are held closely under the head, ready to seize any unsuspecting prey which might wander in range. The tan legs and rear body of the fly are just out of focus.

Good morning friends (It's my morning, time being subjective and all that) I see the news is horrible as usual. Here's an adorable #Mantidfly to make things a bit better.

Four-spotted Mantidfly, #Dicromantispa interrupta

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A photo of the head and raptorial arms of a mantidfly as it eats a leafhopper. The mantidfly's eyes are large and a metalic bronze green color, the mantidfly's body and raptorial arms are brown with tan stripes

Good morning, happy #Friday, The #Mantidfly of Happiness™ reminds you all to get a good #breakfast to start your day.

Beautiful Mantidfly, #Leptomantispa pulchella

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A brown and tan mantidfly from the side. Mantid-like raptorial arms are held tucked under the triangular head featuring large iridescent eyes. a long tubular neck descends to the thorax from which the long lace like wings extend outwards over the abdomen.

A portrait of the mantidfly showing the head and raptorial arms in more detail with the rear body out of focus

A photo of the top of the fly showing the narrow forebody, the wings extending back over the abdomen which curves towards the bottom of the photo

Living that #Dayshift life makes it hard to stay up all night shooting buggies, but thanks to #COFFEE I stayed up last night and got this BANGER of a Four-spotted Mantidfly, #Dicromantispa interrupta. The first shot is a focus stack.

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The front of a tan and brown mantid fly withbright metallic bronze eyes and a small leaf hopper next to it.

The side of the leaf hopper as it has a meal, possibly the leaf hopper from the first image.

The front of the leaf hopper as it dismembers its meal.

I was again visited again by the Beautiful #Mantidfly, #Leptomantispa pulchella, and we had a bit of a chat as it enjoyed some dinner...

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Extra bonus video (Still learning the #Macro video thing...)

youtu.be/WiCwdrKCaZU

The head and raptorial arms of a four-spotted mantid fly, which is brown and rusty red, the eyes shining with an iridescence

A view of the side of the insect, a slender abdomen is tucked under 2 net-like wings.

A closeup of the side of the fly's head and raptorial arms.

One of Last night's visitors to the Moth Station was this awesome Four-spotted Mantid fly (#Dicromantispa interrupta),

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Mantidflies posing for close-ups. (2/2). Four-spotted Mantisfly (Dicromantispa interrupta) (I think) and Wasp Mantidfly (Climaciella brunnea) doing a foot inspection. Perry County, Indiana. 9/1/2019 #Mantidfly #Mothing

Mantidfly mania in Perry County, Indiana on 9/1. There were 20+ on the sheet from at least three species. I usually see Wasp mantidflies on flower heads and this was my first on the sheet. First, photos on the sheet. (1/2) #Mantidfly #Mothing