Four-spotted Owlfly Ululodes quadripunctatus    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Neuroptera   >   Family Myrmeleontidae   >   Genus Ululodes   

Description:

Note the cream-colored pterostigmata in this species. The locally much rarer southeastern species Macleay's Owlfly has dark pterostigmata.

There are 47 records in the project database.

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A Four-spotted Owlfly in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/28/2014). Photo by Hans Holbrook. (MBP list)

A Four-spotted Owlfly in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/28/2014). Photo by Hans Holbrook. (MBP list)

A Four-spotted Owlfly in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (7/29/2017). Photo by Jane Kostenko. (MBP list)

A Four-spotted Owlfly in Harford Co., Maryland (6/27/2017). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

A Four-spotted Owlfly in Harford Co., Maryland (6/27/2017). Photo by Josh Emm. (MBP list)

A Four-spotted Owlfly in Harford Co., Maryland (7/6/2018). Photo by Dave Webb. (MBP list)

A male Four-spotted Owlfly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/4/2013). Photo by Don Watley. (MBP list)

A Four-spotted Owlfly in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/2/2015). Determined by Jonathan Hoskins/BugGuide. Photo by Scott Housten. (MBP list)

Four-spotted Owlfly in Somerset Co., Maryland (7/23/2022). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

A Four-spotted Owlfly in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/15/2014). Verified by Paul Dennehy/BugGuide. Photo by Emily Stanley. (MBP list)

Four-spotted Owlfly in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/12/2016). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Four-spotted Owlfly in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/19/2018). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Four-spotted Owlfly in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/26/2015). (c) Ashley M Bradford, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Ashley Bradford. (MBP list)

A Four-spotted Owlfly in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/26/2014). Determined by Paul Dennehy/BugGuide. Photo by Scott Housten. (MBP list)

A Four-spotted Owlfly in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/10/2013). Determined by Paul Dennehy/BugGuide. Photo by Scott Housten. (MBP list)

Four-spotted Owlfly in Howard Co., Maryland (7/21/2016). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Four-spotted Owlfly in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/29/2014). (c) Hans Holbrook, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Hans Holbrook. (MBP list)

Four-spotted Owlfly in Somerset Co., Maryland (7/22/2022). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

A Four-spotted Owlfly in Harford Co., Maryland (7/21/2019). Photo by Dave Webb. (MBP list)

Four-spotted Owlfly in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/26/2015). (c) Ashley M Bradford, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Ashley Bradford. (MBP list)

Four-spotted Owlfly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (9/22/2016). (c) Hugh McGuinness, all rights reserved. Photo by Hugh McGuinness. (MBP list)


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