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Nymphes myrmeleonides

Nymphes myrmeleonides
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Neuroptera
Family: Nymphidae
Genus: Nymphes
Species: N. myrmeleonides
Binomial name
Nymphes myrmeleonides
Leach, 1814 

Nymphes myrmeleonides is an Australian Neuroptera, known as the blue eyes lacewing. It is found in areas of New South Wales and Queensland. The species have a body length of up to 4 centimetres (1.6 in) and a wingspan of up to 11 cm (4.3 in), each wing ending in a white tip. The larvae of N. myrmeleonides resemble antlions and construct pit traps by burrowing into loose soil.



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