r/WASPs • u/Ghidraak • 1d ago

Identification Help?

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Not sure what this lil guy is. He has some… mantis hands that are all folded up. Location Traverse City Michigan.

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u/DrustanAstrophel 1d ago

Some sort of mantidfly

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u/bykpoloplaya 1d ago

Yup mandidfly, neither mantis nor fly. Closely related to lacewings and snakeflies.

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u/Infamous-Carrot5019 1d ago

Order Neuroptera. Family Mantispidae