Order Raphidioptera

Common names: snakeflies, camelneckflies

Prothorax elongate

front legs rise from posterior end of prothorax and are similar to other legs

females with long ovipositor

at NCSU [this account combines the Neuropteroid orders]
Gordon's Neuroptera Page [this account combines the Neuropteroid orders]
The biology of Raphidioptera: A review of present knowledge , by H. ASPÖCK [a 16 page pdf document]
Raphidioptera - from Cartage
Snakeflies as Pests from Washington State University Cooperative Extension [pdf]

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