Ascalaphinae
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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.
Species
蝶角蛉科，又称长角蛉科（学名：Ascalaphidae）是脈翅目下的一科昆虫，外形很像蜻蜓，眼睛很大且鼓出，触角长，末端膨大，呈球杆状。它们是苍蝇的远亲，跟蜻蜓和豆娘的关系更远。它们通常体长5厘米，捕食日行或黄昏出没的昆虫。
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Description
- Ecology
- Anti-predator defences
- Life cycle
- Evolution
- Taxonomy and etymology
- Fossil history
- Phylogeny
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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.
==Description==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ascalaphinae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.