Owlfly

Owlfly; Temporal range:
	both female Libelloides macaronius; Istria, Croatia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Neuroptera
Clade:	Myrmeleontiformia
Family:	Ascalaphidae; Rambur, 1842
Subfamilies
	Albardiinae; Ascalaphinae; Haplogleniinae; Melambrotinae; Ululodinae; and see text

Ascalaphidae is a family of insects in the order Neuroptera, commonly called owlflies; there are some 450 extant species. They are fast-flying crepuscular or diurnal predators of other flying insects, and have large bulging eyes and strongly knobbed antennae. The larvae are ambush predators; some of them make use of self-decoration camouflage.

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Owlfly Temporal range:


both female Libelloides macaronius Istria, Croatia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Neuroptera
Clade:	Myrmeleontiformia
Family:	Ascalaphidae Rambur, 1842
Subfamilies^[1]
Albardiinae Ascalaphinae Haplogleniinae Melambrotinae Ululodinae and see text

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Owlfly

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