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milky owlfly

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    What an insect! Posted one year ago
    1. View morpheme's profile
      morpheme
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      neat isn't it.. and it appears I was lucky to be in that spot during a cloudburst.. it apparently uses ultraviolet vision to hunt with, so it lands and rests when the sun is not out. Posted one year ago
      1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
        Ferdy Christant
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        Just like our solar panels. Posted one year ago

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The Milky Owlfly

Dragonfly-like insect with large bulging eyes and strongly knobbed antennae. Neuropteran in the family Ascalaphidae. Milky owlfly (Libelloides lacteus), amongst other European owlflies, is a rapidly-flying neuropteran insect which hunts in open country for other flying insects.

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Similar species: Net-winged Insects
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Uploaded May 15, 2024. Captured May 1, 2024 05:40 in G3M3+79 Castelmezzano, Province of Potenza, Italy.
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  • X-T2
  • f/7.1
  • 1/500s
  • ISO400
  • 80mm

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