- Euroleon nostras
Taxobox | name = "Euroleon nostras"
image_width = 240px
image_caption = Adult "Euroleon nostras "
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Neuroptera
familia =Myrmeleontidae
genus = "Euroleon "
species = "E. nostras"
binomial = "Euroleon nostras"
binomial_authority = (Fourcroy, 1785)"Euroleon nostras" is an
antlion found over most ofEurope [cite web |url=http://www.natur-lexikon.com/Texte/sn/001/00002-gefleckte-ameisenjungfer/sn00002-gefleckte-Ameisenjungfer.html |title=Ameisenjungfer |publisher=natur-lexikon.com |author=Niels Schulz de icon] . Adults may reach up to 30 mm long, with a wingspan of 70 mm cite web |url=http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/invertebrates_terrestrial_and_freshwater/Euroleon_nostras/more_info.html |publisher=ARKive |title=Suffolk ant-lion ("Euroleon nostras")] .Larva e require dry sandy soil, close to vertical sandy ledges that help adults emerge. The adults need tall, isolated Scots pine trees nearby, where mating takes place .United Kingdom
"E. nostras" is an extremely rare insect in Britain [cite journal |quotes=no |author=Colin W. Plant |title=British Ant Lions … again |journal=Neuro News |date=Summer 1997 |volume=20 |url=http://insects.tamu.edu/research/neuropterida/nnews20.html] , only known from the Minsmere area of the
Suffolk coast, although a population of this or a related species has very recently been found nearWells-next-the-Sea ,Norfolk . To date, adult insects have not been found in Norfolk, only first and finalinstar larva e and an un-hatched cocoons. Because of this, the record is not yet confirmed as "E. nostras", as other species are closely similar.References
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