Grand antlion
The grand antlion is a big insect with very broad wings mottled in dark brown. It looks a bit like a dragonfly, and its wings measure more than 10 centimetres across. It flies short hops close to the ground.
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Fun facts
It is one of the biggest antlions in Europe, with wings more than 10 centimetres across.
Its scientific name libelluloides means dragonfly-like.
It is active both in the day and at night, from May to September.
It lives on rocky slopes up to about 1000 metres high.
Most asked questions about Grand antlion
?Is the grand antlion a dragonfly?
No. It only looks like one. It is an antlion, a relative of the lacewings.
?How big is the grand antlion?
Its wings measure more than 10 centimetres from tip to tip.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Palpares libelluloides
- Group
- Other insects
- Family
- Myrmeleontidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Neuroptera > Myrmeleontidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Palpares libelluloides (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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