Libelloides macaronius

Libelloides macaronius · Order: Neuroptera · Family: Ascalaphidae

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Libelloides macaronius — Photo: Kostas Zontanos, CC BY

The adult is a large insect that looks a bit like a dragonfly and has black body, eyes and long clubbed antennae, while its wings are bright yellow with black spots and partly transparent at the tips. It lives in open habitats such as farm meadows, pastures, dry grasslands and scrublands across Europe and Asia, and it feeds on many other insects.

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What it eats

It preys on a wide variety of insects, including aphids, beetles, true bugs, cockroaches, flies and other neuropterans.

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Where it comes from

It is a day-flying owlfly species native to Europe and Asia.

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Lookalikes

It may be confused with a dragonfly because of its size and shape.

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More photos

Libelloides macaronius photo 3 — Photo: Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY

Libelloides macaronius photo 4 — Photo: Kostas Zontanos, CC BY

Libelloides macaronius photo 5 — Photo: Kostas Zontanos, CC BY

Same family (Ascalaphidae)

Owly Sulphur

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Sources

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libelloides_macaronius

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.