Thanks Taxon! Some good info in that link. The common name is okay, but not quite as cool as what I dubbed them: "flying giraffe ant." I knew it wasn't an ant but it does have an ant-like head.
I always thought they looked like the inspiration for the Klingon Bird of Prey. I don't know much about them except they are Megaloptera and like most others of that Order are predatory. If you've ever been pinched by a Hellgramite, also Megaloptera, you know they can have an attitude.
I dated a girl once who was getting her doctorate in entomology. Brought this thing home and asked her what it was. She says "it's a bug". Really stretched the education there, she did!