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Maculatoscelis ascalaphoides
Maculatoscelis ascalaphoides is a species of praying mantis in the family Amorphoscelidae. It is found in central and western Africa (Angola, Ghana, Guinea, Cameroon, Tanzania, and the Congo River region.
They're known as owlfly and they're usually mistaken as dragonflies because of their slender bodies and long membranous wings.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 749168.