References

Batra, S. W. T. Notes on the Behavior and Ecology of the Mantispid, Climaciella brunnea occidentalis.. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society , Vol. 45, No. 3 Jul., 1972. Allen Press, Kansas (Central States) Entomological Society. 334-340  

Boyden, Thomas C. Mimicry, Predation and Potential Pollination by the Mantispid, Climaciella brunnea var. instabilis (Say) (Mantispidae: Neuroptera). Journal of the New York Entomological Society , Vol. 91, No. 4 (Dec., 1983), pp. 508-511. New York Entomological Society. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/25009393> Accessed 18 March 2013.

Guarisco, Hank. First Observation of Egg Sac Predation of the Mantisfly, Mantispa interrupta (Neuroptera, Mantispidae) upon the Wolf Spider, Gladicosa gulosa (Aranae Lycosidae). Kansas Academy of Science (1998). Pages 60-62. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/3628179>

Ohl, M., & Oswald J. D. 2004. Annotated catalog of the Mantispidae of the world (Neuroptera) . Contributions on Entomology International. 5: 131-262.   Encyclopedia of Life. Accessed 10 March 2013.  

Redborg, Kurt E. and Annemarie H. Redborg. Resource Partitioning of Spider Hosts (Arachnida, Araneae) by Two Mantispid Species (Neuroptera, Mantispidae) in an Illinois Woodland. Journal of Arachnology , Vol. 28, No. 1 (2000), pp. 70-78. American Arachnological Society. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/3706361> Accessed 18 March 2013.
  
Tauber, Catherine A., Maurice J. Tauber, Gilberto S. Albuquerque, Chapter 181 - Neuroptera: (Lacewings, Antlions). Encyclopedia of Insects (Second Edition), Academic Press, San Diego, 2009. Pages 695-707. <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123741448001909>

Zizzari, Z. V., R. Machida, K. Tsutsumi, D. Reynoso-Velasco, P. Lupetti, R. Dallai, Ultrastructural studies on euspermatozoa and paraspermatozoa in Mantispidae (Insecta, Neuroptera), Tissue and Cell, Volume 42, Issue 2, April 2010, Pages 81-87. <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040816609001037> Accessed 18 March 2013.

Journal References

Boyden, T.C. 1998. Mimicry, Predation and Potential Pollution by the Mantispid, Climaciella brunnea var. instabilis (Say) (Mantispidae: Neuroptera). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 91(4): 508-511. 

Hoffman, K.M. , Brushwein J.R. 1992. Descriptions of the Larvae and Pupae of Some North American Mantispinae (Neuroptera: Mantispidae) and Development of a System of Larval Chaetotaxy for Neuroptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 118(2):159-196

Guarisco, H. 1998. First Observation of Egg Sac Predation of the Mantisfly, Mantispa interrupta (Neuroptera, Mantispidae) upon the Wolf Spider, Gladicosa gulosa (Araneae, Lycosidae). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 101(1/2): 60-62

Batra, S.W.T. 1972. Notes on the Behavior and Ecology of the Mantispid, Climaciella brunnea occidentalis. Journal of Kansas Entomological Society 45(3): 334-340

Web Pages

Colorado Arts and Science Magazine URL:<http://artsandsciences.colorado.edu/magazine/2011/02/mantidflies-drink-spider-blood-eat-spider-eggs/>. Accessed 11 April 2013.

Texas A&M Agrilife Extension URL:< https://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/bimg124.html>. Accessed 11 April 2013.

Alex Wild Photography URL:< http://www.alexanderwild.com/>. Accessed 11 April 2013

CalPhotos Photo Database URL:< http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=9092+3191+3539+0092> Accessed 11 April 2013

IPM Images URL:<http://www.ipmimages.org/browse/TaxThumb.cfm?fam=288&genus=Climaciella> Accessed 12 April 2013

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