Myrmeleon immaculatus De Geer, 1773
Common Antlion
CLASSIFICATION
Main Group: Animal
Sublevel 1: Non-chordate Invertebrate
Sublevel 2: Invertebrate with bilateral symmetry
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Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Myrmeleontidae
Genus: Myrmeleon
Species: Myrmeleon immaculatus
STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND
Origin: Native
Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No
Rarity Designations: None
BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY
Feeding Type: Heterotroph
HABITAT
PHOTOS OF Myrmeleon immaculatus
Adult
Litchfield County, CT
Date: 2013-09-16
Pit traps of antlion larvae
Essex County, MA
Date: 2020-06-19
Larva
Essex County, MA
Date: 2012-09-17
A larva in its trap waiting for prey. Just the head and pincers are visible.
Essex County, MA
Date: 2012-06-12
A larva preying on an ant that fell into the trap
Essex County, MA
Date: 2012-06-12