I'd say you nailed it. You're getting good at this. We don't have that family here in the US. Can't say I've even seen pictures of them before.
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A Bug for Dan
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Not me, it's my mates at entomology Australia.
Sounds like you scored some good sources of information.
@Dan From Smithville I think this one might be a type of Feather-legged Fly, it was on my bean plants today.
I'm with you up to "it's a fly". I see the feature that would lead to the tentative identification. Google seems to indicate support for the ID.
I hadn't thought about it until now, but gardening is where I do a lot of insect watching too. You're already on the lookout for them in the garden, the plants are generally evenly spaced to aid observation and so many insects come into gardens. Gardening is just a good thing all around.
I just photographed this one at the local wetlands, maybe some kind of lacewing? I went there to test drive my new hiking chair and only had Aussie safety boots on so I was trying to hold leaves out of the way, take the photo and keep an eye out for angry eastern browns. I hope you appreciate my dedication.
That's a great picture. Yeah, definitely a neuropteran. Not sure which family.
Are you holding them up with that greenish twig? I've done that.
How big is it? Roughly.
I'm wondering if it is an antlion.
About 40 to 50mm I think.
That photo is worth the dedication. If you did see an eastern brown, I would expect some really good shots of it.
I bet its an antlion then.
Until right now I didn't know antlions were larvae, I thought they were always antlions.
You mean the larval form that makes the pits. I think those are more frequently encountered, so it makes some sense to think that. With insects there's the big difference between adult and larval morphology too. Often radically different.
I've never seen this design. It would have to be rugged for my dimensions.