Help Us Identify This Bug!

November 13, 2012

 

Hey, BRI fans: We need help identifying this beautiful, mantis-like little insect.

It was found as you see it: unfortunately expired in a tiny bit of wine in a glass left outside overnight. This was in Australia. Its body is just over an inch long.

Look at this beauty. (And you can really zoom in by clicking on the pic twice.)

It’s like a cross between a mantis and a dragonfly. Any ideas?

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6 Responses to “Help Us Identify This Bug!”

1. Greg says:

   November 13, 2012 at 3:40 pm

   Looks like a Mantis Fly.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantispidae
2. Rosaria P. says:

   November 13, 2012 at 4:04 pm

   Not sure but I do see a fly also.
3. Kirk says:

   November 13, 2012 at 4:06 pm

   It is a Mantisfly. Colors may be Green, Brown, Tan, Pink, or sometime a wasp coloration. There are over 600 variations found world wide.
4. Thom says:

   November 13, 2012 at 6:53 pm

   those look close – but I think it’s actually a lacewing.

   http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_lacewings/GoldenEyeGreenLacewing.htm
5. Thom says:

   November 13, 2012 at 7:00 pm

   Or a mantid lacewing?

   http://www.mtq.qm.qld.gov.au/Find+out+about/Animals+of+Queensland/Insects/Lacewings
6. Brian Freeruner says:

   November 19, 2012 at 2:23 pm

   it is a net wing mantis.