{"id":11349,"date":"2020-03-04T09:22:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T15:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/?p=11349"},"modified":"2020-03-04T09:23:52","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T15:23:52","slug":"wasp-mantidfly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/wasp-mantidfly\/","title":{"rendered":"Wasp Mantidfly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings, BugFans,<\/p>\n<p>Phoresy, hypermetamorphosis, parasites, Batesian mimicry, aggregation pheromones (it\u2019s Science Vocabulary Day), and an insect that Entomologist Eric Eaton says resembles \u201ca science experiment gone horribly wrong.\u201d This one has it all.<\/p>\n<p>A number of years ago, BugFan Tod sent the BugLady a \u201cwhat-is-it\u201d picture of a mantisfly on a door-jamb, and she confesses to feeling a twinge of envy. This fall, BugFan Tom shared this shot, taken by his wife Andrea, and the BugLady got a little greener. She seriously wants to see one of these curious insects.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11359 size-full\" title=\"Wasp Mantisfly\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2020\/03\/mantisfly-tomandrea19-1b.jpg\" alt=\"Wasp Mantisfly Image from BugFan Tom and Andrea\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2020\/03\/mantisfly-tomandrea19-1b.jpg 500w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2020\/03\/mantisfly-tomandrea19-1b-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2020\/03\/mantisfly-tomandrea19-1b-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mantisflies\/mantidflies, family <em>Mantispidae<\/em>, are in the order <em>Neuroptera<\/em> (\u201cnerve wings\u201d), a very cool order that includes antlions and lacewings, plus <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/6309\/bgpage\">owlflies<\/a> and a few other dynamite groups. Neuroptera has been pared down \u2013 the order used to include the dobsonfly bunch and the snakefly bunch, and back in Linnaeus\u2019 time, dragonflies and damselflies, too. Neuropterans\u2019 four, conspicuously-veined, oval-ish wings are about equal in size, and they have conspicuous eyes, long antennae, and biting\/chewing mouthparts. They\u2019re clumsy flyers. They are one of a few primitive groups that develops by complete metamorphosis (egg-larva-pupa-adult). While adults may eat nectar and\/or their fellow invertebrates, their larvae are mostly carnivores. More about that in a bit.<\/p>\n<p>There are about 400 species in the mantidfly family &#8211; 13 in North America \u2013 and they\u2019re most diverse just about anywhere south of Wisconsin. They\u2019re not related to praying mantises and they\u2019re not related to flies, either.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wasp\/Brown Mantidflies<\/strong> (<em>Climaciella brunnea<\/em>), in the subfamily <em>Mantispinae<\/em>, are found in open areas and edges from Costa Rica to southern Canada. They\u2019re about an inch long, and Eaton describes them thus: \u201cIn the case of <em>C. brunnea<\/em>, the body form has been further modified to look like a paper wasp. The resemblance is uncanny. The base of the abdomen is constricted into a \u2018wasp waist,\u2019 and the wings are rotated such that they fold over the back instead of pitched \u2018roof-like\u2019 as in other mantispids. Even more amazing, the leading edge of each wing is darkened, to resemble the longitudinal fold in the wings of vespid wasps. When startled, the Wasp Mantid even splays its wings like an agitated paper wasp.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are views from several angles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/834000\/bgimage\">https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/834000\/bgimage <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1405724\/bgimage\">https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1405724\/bgimage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1697163\/bgimage\">https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1697163\/bgimage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Because they\u2019re such good mimics, Wasp Mantisflies are probably overlooked frequently (especially by the BugLady). They come in five color phases, and each matches a Polistes (paper) wasp that\u2019s found within its range.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are some of the color phases along with the associated wasp:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201cRed\u201d mantidfly<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1664363\/bgimage\">https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1664363\/bgimage<\/a> and wasp <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/875828\/bgimage\">https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/875828\/bgimage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Black with yellow abdomen<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1537582\/bgimage\">https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1537582\/bgimage<\/a> and wasp <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/185919\/bgimage\">https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/185919\/bgimage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Black with yellow edges<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/858351\/bgimage\">https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/858351\/bgimage<\/a> and wasp <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1599227\/bgimage\">https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1599227\/bgimage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Red with yellow stripes<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/22331\/bgimage\">https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/22331\/bgimage<\/a> and wasp <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1477477\/bgimage\">https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1477477\/bgimage<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Batesian mimicry is mimicry wherein an animal that is edible disguises itself as something that is either noxious or harmful, benefiting from its doppelganger\u2019s reputation.<\/p>\n<p>They are generally solitary, but in spring, when a young mantidfly\u2019s fancy turns to love, he releases an aggregation pheromone that attracts females. Mafham and Mafham, in The Encyclopedia of Land Invertebrate Behaviour, tell us that pheromones help the male to distinguish his potential mate from its look-alike wasp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The male <em>C. brunnea<\/em> broadcasts an olfactory message that can only be deciphered by the correct recipient. He produces a very strong pheromone that can easily be detected as much as 3m away. This presumably accounts for the aggregations of females sometimes noted around males. During courtship, the male merely raises and lowers his wings, while rowing with his front legs. Copulation lasts as along as 24 hours, during which he attaches a white spermatophore to the female. She carries this around for 24 to 36 hours, during which time it is gradually absorbed into her body.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(Here, according to the captions, is <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1692664\/bgimage\">a spermatophore<\/a> being carried by a male). Males live for just a few days, but females live for a month or more.<\/p>\n<p>She <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/216539\/bgimage\">lays her eggs<\/a> \u2013 as many as 3,000 of them &#8211; on low stalks and leaves, and the larvae that hatch undergo a process called <em>hypermetamorphosis<\/em>. Larvae of most insects don\u2019t change much after hatching; they just eat and grow until they are mature enough to pupate. The larvae of Mantidflies in the subfamily <em>Mantispinae<\/em> (along with those of a few beetle and fly families) emerge as active, <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1120008\/bgimage\">long-legged super-larvae<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Why? Because they are parasites, and Mom hasn\u2019t provided for them, so it\u2019s up to them to find their own food. In the case of the Wasp Mantidfly, the robust and mobile youngsters drop to the ground and look for passing wolf and other ground-hunting spiders. They are far more common on wolf spiders than, say, on crab spiders that dwell in the flower tops.<\/p>\n<p>When it locates a female spider, <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1028990\/bgimage\">a larva climbs aboard and rides along<\/a> (this hitchhiking is called <em>phoresy<\/em>) and waits for the spider to make her egg case. If its spider is a male, the larva will jump ship when he mates, and <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1120009\/bgimage\">there may be a little wear and tear<\/a> on a spider that doesn\u2019t spin an egg case in a timely manner. Sources generally agree that the larva\u2019s mouthparts don\u2019t allow it to chew into a finished egg case, so it must slip inside as the case is being spun. Once it\u2019s sealed inside, it eats the contents of the<a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/288398\/bgimage\"> spider\u2019s eggs<\/a>; once inside, it doesn\u2019t need its long legs to get around anymore, so subsequent larval instars (stages) look more grub-like. Eventually, it pupates inside the <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1132517\/bgimage\">egg case<\/a> before <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/675707\/bgimage\">emerging as an adult<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Adults feed on nectar and on small insects like flies and moths that visit flowers and that they grab <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/962799\/bgimage\">like a mantis does<\/a>. Sometimes they hang on the undersides of flowers (note to self \u2013 a wasp under a flowers may not be a wasp).<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/bugeric.blogspot.com\/2014\/08\/wasp-mantisfly.html\">Eric Eaton\u2019s full article<\/a>, and here\u2019s a nice article about a mantidfly from a different subfamily, with a video of a mobile pupa that\u2019s walked up a trunk to emerge, and the newly-emerged adult sipping something from the mosses\/leafy liverworts.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com\/2017\/12\/06\/mantis-fly-has-a-walking-pupa-that-climbs-trees-before-hatching\/\">this page about a Mantis fly<\/a> with a walking pupa that climbs trees before hatching.<\/p>\n<p>Such a cool insect\u2026&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<em>The BugLady<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A number of years ago, BugFan Tod sent the BugLady a \u201cwhat-is-it\u201d picture of a mantisfly on a door-jamb, and she confesses to feeling a twinge of envy. This fall, BugFan Tom shared this shot, taken by his wife Andrea, and the BugLady got a little greener. She seriously wants to see one of these curious insects. 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