Mottled Veld Antlion

Palpares caffer · Order: Neuroptera · Family: Myrmeleontidae

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Mottled Veld Antlion
Photo: Rudolph Steenkamp, CC BY-SA

The mottled veld antlion has relatively large wings about 5 cm long. It is common in high-altitude grasslands between 1,000 and 2,000 m elevation.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Wing length is about 5 cm, making it a relatively large antlion.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It is fairly common in grassland at 1,000 to 2,000 m above sea level.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

The species was first described by Hermann Burmeister in 1839.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Mottled Veld Antlion photo 3
Photo: Alandmanson, CC BY-SA
Mottled Veld Antlion photo 4
Photo: Alandmanson, CC BY-SA

Same family (Myrmeleontidae)

Four-spotted antlionFour-spotted antlionDistoleon tetragrammicusSpotted-wing antlionSpotted-wing antlionEuroleon nostrasAnt-lionAnt-lionMyrmeleon formicariusGrand AntlionGrand AntlionPalpares libelluloidesGregarious AntlionGregarious AntlionHagenomyia tristisBanyutus lethalisBanyutus lethalisBanyutus lethalis

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palpares_caffer

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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.

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