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I haven't seen one of these for quite some time, so long in fact, that this one is going into a glass case.
Apparently in the USA, only found in the "western" states. The common name for this is "snake fly"
If I hadn't been worried about losing it, I'd have tried for a better picture.

Interesting! I'm confident I've never seen a snakefly of any kind; plenty of mantidflies, but I've only ever seen snakeflies from photos. I've not yet seen a scorpionfly, either.

That is indeed a very "cool" find kevin. I have certainly never seen one. I have only encountered a couple of mantid flies in all my years of personal collecting. Funny, how some insects shown in common insect guides turn out to be so infrequently encountered in life...

Trehopr1 wrote: Sun May 25, 2025 12:52 am Funny, how some insects shown in common insect guides turn out to be so infrequently encountered in life...

Exactly.
So many cool bugs I looked at pictures of, and probably won't see alive, I just found my first waterscorpion in 2022, and a person might think Mole crickets are everywhere. Maybe it's the "wow" factor to entice interest.

Here is a better picture, a little refrigeration slowed it down.