This is one that I’m faintly frustrated at only having captured once. First featured 9 years ago but actually taken 14 years back, it looked to me like a cross between a lacewing and a praying mantis – which is largely what it is. It’s a member of the Mantispidae, or mantisflies, possibly a green mantisfly (Zeugomantispa minuta.) While the praying
Tag: mantis fly
A preliminary image
Just a quick preview image, trying to beat up Monday color (posting in four minutes.) More coming within a day or so while I hash out the best methods.
EDIT: It helps if I’ve changed the blog time to reflect daylight savings bullshit – I was only 57 minutes too late ;-)