Owlflies Adults and Larvae

[@richmondlandersenfells2238]

Them larvaes do resemble like antlions!

[@exuviumisopods]

Wow, what an awesome species 🤩

[@bugsincyberspace]

Thank you!

[@carlosdavid1444]

Obviously, when these creatures were designed, spines were on sale. Thank you for sharing such cool babies!

[@bugsincyberspace]

That cracked me up! 👍

[@myanimals7145]

Beautiful. Wings are like stained glass, but not stained. Wish the larvae stayed like that and grew bigger. One bug where the larvae is cooler than what they become.

[@bugsincyberspace]

I cannot disagree but still pretty cool in both phases!

[@tothesky8799]

We need an update on these guys!

[@reptipods1578]

So cool!! I would love to see one of those gobble up a fruit fly!

[@zephari]

I've never heard of these until now, they look so unique!

[@bugsincyberspace]

My first time seeing the larvae!

[@joshuaw2902]

Beautiful owl flies and larvae 💗! I subscribed for your next video!👍💗🔔

[@prism223]

How did raising the larvae go? Did some of them make it to maturity?

[@teleking58]

These are amazing Peter! Really cool! I'm just getting more and more jealous about your new home in Arizona with every video!

[@bugsincyberspace]

I'd definitely like to see the photo you took of their eyes. They look so different at different angles too. Thanks Robbie!

[@teleking58]

@@bugsincyberspace Those hypnotizing eyes would make for some interesting photographs I'm sure.

[@stuv1996]

@@bugsincyberspace Whereabouts do you live in AZ, I live in Phoenix and I've never seen one of these, they're so cool looking

[@clognog8049]

ive never had so many bugs jumping on the bug i was filming haha

[@bugsincyberspace]

Your day is coming!

[@Editer38738]

Awesome

[@hemiptatenebrion3200]

that moth wanted to steal the spotlight lol c: super cool larvae!

[@bugsincyberspace]

Thank you, HT!

[@blank3097]

Those larvae are awesome Also there are a few videos you may find entertaining on my channel I took out the uroctonus mordax

[@sandyblue4235]

I had owlfly larva on my oak trees and they made little houses on their backs so cute to watch.

[@blank3097]

I came back to comment on how awesome the larvae are again🤷

[@Crystalspets]

That's so cool I never seen or heard of those till now they do have eyes 👀👀 like a owl 🦉🦉 I see where they get there name from

[@entomologywest]

the way the top of their eye is bigger than the bottom is exactly like how a dragonflies eyes are that is so weird its like the missing link between dragonfles to lacewings and same thing with the wing veins and shape its so similar and they are also preditors just like the dragonfly

[@bugsincyberspace]

Dragonflies look so ancient to me. Owlflies seem straight out of a cartoon, like anime or something.

[@blank3097]

New update. Finally found the lights I have been looking for You can actually see now I only use the yellow spectrum build at night for random viewing now The larvae are dope Cheers

[@bugsincyberspace]

Thanks a bunch!

[@blank3097]

@@bugsincyberspace you have found many things I didn’t even know were a thing Some would consider that an accomplishment I hope some day you get to discover a new species It doesn’t require certifications. Just eyes and effort And sometimes not even effort

[@blank3097]

@@bugsincyberspace ok so I lost a mid sized common hisser I couldn’t figure out if it escaped, hid in the enclosure , or if I had gotten it out and forgot or passed out or something like that He was missing for almost 48 hours The issue is that my unit is treated. And any critters that get to the floor will die He was on the end table next to the bed I had gotten him out. Smoked a bunch of hash Then got up and started cleaning and cooking And fell asleep He didn’t try to go to the floor or even move more than about two foot from where I last saw him I was bummed. Because he is the only roach that doesn’t seem to mind or at least doesn’t resist early morning interaction Now I don’t have to worry about wondering for two days if he is hiding Because he now waits at the top of the tank to come out🙄 His name is drake(like the adventurer from uncharted. (I’m not Canadian and have better taste in music than that) Have an awesome day. Cheers

[@sandyblue4235]

When I first saw mine I thought they were antlions but antlions live in funnels in the ground.

[@entomologywest]

one thing i wanna see is their last stage before adult i dont know if they have pupa stage or if they have a incomplete metomorphosis i need to know

[@bugsincyberspace]

With some luck I will be able to document that part of it.

[@periplanetamissionary]

What is the exact lighting setup you use to bring all these guys to your yard? I need one hopefully the setup you use can be found on Amazon A lot of termites flying about too. And finally it seems like an owlfly captive breeding program is now underway

[@bugsincyberspace]

I actually have a lot of footage of termites in the yard from a month or so ago but my ant video last was super low in views and ant footage is better than termite footage, one would think. ;) 🤣 I just use UV bulbs here in the yard. Rarely set up the mercury vapor bulb and only down near the barn.

[@periplanetamissionary]

@@bugsincyberspace so just a uvb reptile bulb and a blacklight? Any particular type/brand?

[@bugsincyberspace]

@@periplanetamissionary Any full spectrum uv bulbs (they glow blue, not purple) will attract insects. The reptile bulbs aren't the same. Not sure how they are different but they don't work as well. Typically the bulb will have the letter BL associated with the model number. Applications often include grow lights for plants or bug zappers and such.

[@kevinpoe8137]

Any updates

[@bugsincyberspace]

They are feeding pretty well. Next update will probably be on Instagram.

[@kevinpoe8137]

@@bugsincyberspace I think you might be the first person to document their growth from larva to adult

[@VsevolodIgorevitch]

Should not they be kept separate? Are they not cannibals?

[@bugsincyberspace]

When they are freshly hatched from the egg they are communal, as I understand it. That portion of my video was merely the container I had collected them in rather than a permanent communal home.

[@VsevolodIgorevitch]

@@bugsincyberspace I hope for your luck in bringing them up! It would be very interesting to see the results. Thank you!

[@Goreptiles]

Do you have any trapdoor spiders cuz I really want one

[@bugsincyberspace]

Email me!

[@Goreptiles]

Ok!

[@blank3097]

I’m sorry bro. I know I ask you a lot of questions. But I legit couldn’t find an answer I have what I assume to be a common hisser A male that just molted a few weeks ago It was the first molt with fully developed horns It took so long that I was almost convinced it was a female It’s only been like two weeks Just behind the protonoum(no idea how to spell that) The exoskeleton is beginning to separate To the point where I can tell it is not natural Do you think there is a possibility that it is molting again that soon And do you think I should raise the humidity or keep him moist to ease the process

[@bugsincyberspace]

It wouldn't be molting again that soon. It sounds more like a crack or a result of damage of some kind that perhaps occurred while the new exoskeleton had not yet fully hardened just after the last molt, or as a result of a minor mismolt.

[@blank3097]

@@bugsincyberspace is there a chance it could be detrimental It’s the only broad one I have The rest are oblong. I don’t even know what kind to use to morph if that’s possible

[@blank3097]

@@bugsincyberspace now I feel bad. I’m not sure it is possible to baby them any more than I do other than not touching them Which I didn’t do with that one until the day after it molted It’s only been out twice until then. And neither time was near the molt

[@blank3097]

@@bugsincyberspace I must have not seen it the way I thought. Perhaps the first two sections where you can always see a seem separate when they are in specific positions or something. I’m not sure I just panicked because I’ve never noticed that on any other invertebrates He seems fine and was stoked to come out Didn’t even hiss

[@blank3097]

@@bugsincyberspace Halloween hissers seem narrow and oblong to me