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Thread-winged Lacewing

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Nemoptera bipennis.

Idanha-a-Nova / Portugal

 

This is not a dragonfly. it is a lacewing (Neuroptera).

 

 

www.tolweb.org/Nemopteridae/

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This is the most beautiful bug I've ever seen. It is as big as the bigger dragonflies.

This was found on a field on top of a hill next to a large river. There were a couple of them on that area, but I had never seen these before.

Since then, I found this to be locally common on some areas of Alentejo and Algarve (hills or dunes).

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List of nerve-winged insects:

www.hlasek.com/ccsitokridli1an.html

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Uploaded on May 23, 2007
Taken on May 16, 2007