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snakefly - predatory insect of western North America having a long necklike prothorax

neuropteran, neuropteron, neuropterous insect - insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins

family Raphidiidae, Raphidiidae - a family of arthropods of the suborder Megaloptera, including snakeflies

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Jubilee: Black beetles, Nomads, Minkies, Dawson's Olive, Black Snakefly Kielder: Cat's Whisker, Clan Chief.

Tyne fish count hits a record low

mnemonica and the earliest widely accepted snakefly from the mid Mesozoic (Engel, 2002) thus is a second reason for doubting the early holometabolous nature of this specimen.

Evidence for an earliest late carboniferous divergence time and the early larval ecology and diversification of major Holometabola lineages

A small snakefly lands on Nate's sleeve and a ground beetle climbs across his shoe.

Bug Walk

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