Family Myrmeleontidae (Antlions) / Adult / Tribe Brachynemurini (Long-tailed Antlions)
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Neuroptera (Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies)
Suborder Myrmeleontiformia (Antlions and Allies)
Family Myrmeleontidae (Antlions including Owlflies)
Subfamily Myrmeleontinae (Giant, Long-tailed, and Pit-trapping Antlions)
Tribe Brachynemurini (Long-tailed Antlions)
This is what doodlebugs turn into as adults. This one was about 29mm long. They can go larger. Collected it while sweep netting through wire grass in a long-leaf pine forest.
September 3, 2020; Leon County; Lutterloh, Florida.
Canon M6 MII; Raynox DCR-250 as tube lens; LOMO 3.7/0.11 finite lens; TV 1/200s; ISO 100. 150 image stack at 20um increments; LR, Zerene Stacker (PMax, PMap, slabbing method with 15 images per slab and 5 image overlap), and PS; diffused speedlites.
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Family Myrmeleontidae (Antlions) / Adult / Tribe Brachynemurini (Long-tailed Antlions)
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Neuroptera (Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies)
Suborder Myrmeleontiformia (Antlions and Allies)
Family Myrmeleontidae (Antlions including Owlflies)
Subfamily Myrmeleontinae (Giant, Long-tailed, and Pit-trapping Antlions)
Tribe Brachynemurini (Long-tailed Antlions)
This is what doodlebugs turn into as adults. This one was about 29mm long. They can go larger. Collected it while sweep netting through wire grass in a long-leaf pine forest.
September 3, 2020; Leon County; Lutterloh, Florida.
Canon M6 MII; Raynox DCR-250 as tube lens; LOMO 3.7/0.11 finite lens; TV 1/200s; ISO 100. 150 image stack at 20um increments; LR, Zerene Stacker (PMax, PMap, slabbing method with 15 images per slab and 5 image overlap), and PS; diffused speedlites.
209817_Antlion_Head_01