Although these insects are relatively common, they can be surprisingly hard to find. This is one of only a few I've seen at FWG, though I have found them in many, many other locations. They are sometimes called the wasp mantidfly, as they seem to mimic a Polistes wasp, at least when viewed from above. At this sideways angle they look like a cross between a praying mantis and a wasp, but they are neither praying mantis, wasp or fly, but in the same group as lacewings, Neuroptera. (CH)