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Family: Vermileonidae

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Antliophora > Diptera (flies) > Brachycera > Tabanomorpha

Leptynoma sericea on Lapeirousia corymbosa in lowland mesic mountain fynbos.

Vermilionid larva - it makes a cone-shaped pit trap similar to that made by antlions

 


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