Myrmeleon sp.

Family: Myrmeleontidae
Order: Neuroptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Myrmeleon is an ant-lion genus in the subfamily Myrmeleontinae. Species in the genus feed on ants and some are themselves prey for the dune cricket Schizodactylus inexspectatus.

Source: Wikipedia, article Myrmeleon sp.. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.

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Count: 3

Photography ID: 626440
Adult
Piriápolis
Maldonado
Uruguay
02/23/2025
Enrico H. Vicentini

Photography ID: 538412
Adult
Aguas Verdes
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/19/2023
Lucas Rubio

Photography ID: 538411
Adult
Mar del Tuyú
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/25/2020
Lucas Rubio

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2251854

23/02/2025

Uruguay

Maldonado

Punta Negra, Piriápolis

Enrico H. Vicentini

1778808

19/02/2023

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Aguas Verdes

Lucas Rubio

1778809

25/01/2020