Macleay's owlfly
Ululodes macleayanus
Macleay's owlfly is an owlfly, an insect that looks a bit like a dragonfly. But it has long feelers with little knobs at the ends, like a butterfly. It lives in the warm parts of the Americas.
Lives in
North, Central and South America and the islands of the Caribbean Sea
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless to people. It does not sting.
What does it eat?
Owlflies are hunters. They catch other small insects.
How fast is it?
Macleay's owlfly about 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Owlflies are cousins of lacewings and antlions.
2
It lives on the American mainland and on islands in the Caribbean Sea.
3
Scientists know two kinds of it. One of them is named after the island of Saint Lucia.
you asked
Most asked questions about Macleay's owlfly
?Is an owlfly a dragonfly?
No. It looks a bit like one, but owlflies are cousins of lacewings and antlions.
?Is Macleay's owlfly dangerous?
No. It is harmless to people.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Ululodes macleayanus
- Named by
- Guilding, 1823
- Group
- Other insects
- Family
- Ascalaphidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Neuroptera > Ascalaphidae
- Lives on
- North America, South America
Where the facts come from
- Ululodes macleayanus (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 Tauber CA, Simmons Z, Tauber AJ (2019) Type specimens of Neuropterida in the Hope Entomological Collection, Oxford University Museum of Natural History. ZooKeys. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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