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Slender Brown Antlion -  ? Froggattisca tipularia

Family Myrmeleontidae

This page contains pictures and information about Slender Brown Antlions that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
 
Body length 40mm
 
We think this is a  Froggattisca tipularia but not very sure.
 
This Antlion adult has the slender body and narrow mottled wings. It black antennae are long, segmented and with slight clubbed pale apex. . 
  
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This Antlion adult was found in Karawatha Forest. It mimicked part of the dry stem. It did not move a bit even when we came very close.
 
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We found them a few times, always on stems about 1-2 meters above ground. 
 
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Reference:
1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 541.
2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus & Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p323. 
3. A revision of the Australian Myrmeleontidae (Insecta: Neuroptera). I I. New, T.R. (1985) Dendroleontini. Aust. J. Zool. Suppl. 105: 1-170
 
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