#lacewing

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Spill-footed lacewing larvae, Myiodactylinae, Nymphidae, Neuroptera (related to owlflies and antlions)

Found in Australia

Adult in the same subfamily:

Photos 1-4 by normfarmerimages, 5 by tjeales, 6-8 by doggy48, 9-10 by sofiazed1, and 11 (adult) bystreglystendec

[vintagewildlife]

Various microscopic arthropods, from left to right, starting with the top row: Osmylops larva, Eubrianax larva, Staphylinidae beetle, Anoplura louse, pseudoscorpion By: Edward S. Ross From: Insects Close Up 1953

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lacewing

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Malay Lacewing (Cethosia h. hypsina), family Nymphalidae, Singapore

photograph by Sunny Chir

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A very well-camouflaged ant lion!

No common name (Glenoleon pulchellus).

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The Common Green Lacewing: these tiny insects pupate within loosely-woven cocoons that measure just 3-6mm (about 1/8 to 1/4 inch) in diameter

The lacewing will spend about 5 days maturing within its cacoon, before it cuts an opening in the top and emerges as a fully-developed adult.

The larvae of the green lacewing (family Chrysopidae) are also known as "aphid lions," due to their skill/appetite when it comes to hunting aphids. They're widely used in agricultural contexts to help eradicate pests, because they are voracious predators that also commonly prey upon caterpillars, leafhoppers, planthoppers, thrips, spiders, mites, and insect eggs.

As it nears the end of its larval stage, a lacewing will spin a small cacoon out of silk and then tuck itself inside, allowing the pupal phase to begin; its tiny green body is often partially visible through the thin, loosely-woven walls of the cacoon.

These breathtaking photos of a lacewing climbing out of its cacoon were taken by a Danish photographer named Frederik Leck Fischer.

When a lacewing first emerges from a cacoon, its wings are still compactly folded down against its body; the wings then gradually begin to expand until they have reached their full size, which usually takes about an hour or two.

Fischer's photographs provide an excellent account of this entire process.

Here are just a few other images of the common green lacewing:

Sources & More Info

University of California's Integrated Pest Management Program: The Green Lacewing

Texas A&M's Field Guide to the Insects of Texas: Green Lacewings

Washington State University: Lacewings

Tennessee State University: Fact Sheet on the Green Lacewing (PDF download)

Pacific Pests & Pathogens: Green Lacewings/Biocontrol

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Common Lacewing, Chrysopa perla Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/3.5 1/200 iso: 200

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Insectober 2023

Day 7: Cryptocephalus Sexpunctatus

Day 8: Thorn-Hopper

Day 9: Vernal Colletes

Day 10: Green Longhorn

Day 11: Lacewing

Day 12: Red-Legged ham beetle

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5

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Trying (and failing) to capture a photo of my first ever C. rufilabris (Red-lipped Green Lacewing) while climbing over a fence. All outtakes. My iNaturalist 📸: Nikon COOLPIX P100

[onenicebugperday]

Green lacewing, Ankylopteryx sp., Chrysopidae

Photographed in Singapore by budak

[vintagewildlife]

Eggs of a lacewing By: Unknown photographer From: Natural History Magazine 1936

[lichenaday]

Daohugouthallus ciliiferus

*cue Jurassic Park theme* Welcome, to my Jurassic Park!

That's right, folks! We're going back in time! This ancient lichen lived approximately 165 million years ago, and multiple fossils have been found in the Jiulongshan Formation fossil deposit in Inner Mongolia, China. It appears to have had a foliose to subfruticose thallus made up of thin, branching lobes with marginal cilia. It maybe had immersed apothecia or soralia at the lobe tips, but examinations are not definitive. It has been found attached to the branches of an unidentified gymnosperm. Paleontologists have also found the fossilized remains of a Jurassic lacewing in the same deposit that they believe had a wing pattern made to mimic D. ciliiferus! Isn't that just the coolest shit??? Wait, do I want to become a paleobotanist now?

info and images: source | source | source

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lacewing on pineapple guava leaf

[microscope-world]

This is a lacewing captured using darkfield under the ZEISS Stemi 305 microscope.