A snakefly larva on a stone monument. It’s long, thin and brown with a black thorax and head

A snakefly larva on a stone monument. It’s long, thin and brown with a black thorax and head

A snakefly larva on a stone monument. It’s long, thin and brown with a black thorax and head

A snakefly larva on a stone monument. It’s long, thin and brown with a black thorax and head

Really cool to find a snakefly larva yesterday, scuttling across a monument in a local cemetery. Sadly, I’m assuming identification isn’t possible from these terrible photos!

#Raphidioptera

Classification of Insects - Raphidioptera Phaeostigma major (c) Richard Bartz

🎄 #InsectAdvent Day 18 is for #Raphidioptera - #Snakeflies get their name from a long, slender “neck” 🐍 These predators' larvae often live under bark or leaf litter & adults hunt in tree canopies.

#FunFact: Raphidioptera have ancestors dating back over 140 million years.

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a large, stout female snakefly perches on a long grass stem. it's not a fly, it doesn't really look like a snake.. that's insect names for ya. the snakefly resembles a brown lace wing, but it has a long thorax and long head. if you tried really hard, you could imagine the head to be snake like. a thick long ovipositor is visible under and beyond the translucent wings.

the same snakefly as seen from above. it is crawling over grass stems and onto an oxalis leaf.

a random one from the collection.
not a fly, not a snake. insect names, you know the drill.

Snakefly (order Raphidioptera)
Spring 2024, Southern CA
#bugsky #Raphidioptera #insects

Grateful for my job because I get to take cool photos of bugs all day. Then when the day is over, I can stay longer to take photos of bugs in my own collection! The beautiful diversity of Southern California. #coleoptera #raphidioptera #hymenoptera

Image of the front page of the latest Lacewing and Allies Newsletter (Neuro News)

The latest British Isles Lacewing and Allies Recording Scheme Newsletter (Neuro News) is now available to download from the website: www.laars.jamesjepson.com/neuro-news/
#Neuroptera #Lacewings #Raphidioptera #Snakeflies #Megaloptera #Alderflies #Mecoptera

Thread by @GromesRoland on Thread Reader App @GromesRoland: Ihr wollt mehr #Insekten? Na klar! Und skurrilere? Auch kein Problem! Legen wir los mit den #Netzflügler|n (#Neuroptera) - hier am bekanntesten sicher die Florfliegen (Chrysopidae): * C...

#Netzflügler|n ( #Neuroptera), #Kamelhalsfliegen ( #Raphidioptera), #Köcherfliegen ( #Trichoptera), #Schnabelfliegen ( #Mecoptera)

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Zur Bekanntheit hat d. #Kamelhalsfliegen #Raphidioptera 2022 die Wahl z. „Insekt des Jahres“ verholfen👨🏽‍🔬aus Frankfurt |LOEWE_TBG, Müncheberg+Wien haben nun erstmals d. Erbgut einerhalsfliege vollst. analysiert. Die Daten geben Ein in ihre evolutionäre Entwicklun➡️https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esad074