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GREEN LACEWING Larva, Queensland, Australia  (family Chrysopidae) - ©ozwildlife The larvae of most families are predators. Many chrysopids eat aphids and other pest insects, and have been used for biological control (either from commercial distributors but also abundant and widespread in nature). Larvae in various families cover themselves in debris (sometimes including dead prey insects) as camouflage, taken to an extreme in the ant lions, which bury themselves completely out of sight and ambush prey from “pits” in the soil. Larvae of some Ithonidae are root feeders, and larvae of Sisyridae are aquatic, and feed on freshwater sponges. A few mantispids are parasites of spider egg sacs. Fact Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacewing Other photos you may enjoy: Australian Lacewing Larvae Lightning Bug Emerging Grasshopper Nymph

GREEN LACEWING Larva, Queensland, Australia  (family Chrysopidae) - ©ozwildlife

The larvae of most families are predators. Many chrysopids eat aphids and other pest insects, and have been used for biological control (either from commercial distributors but also abundant and widespread in nature). Larvae in various families cover themselves in debris (sometimes including dead prey insects) as camouflage, taken to an extreme in the ant lions, which bury themselves completely out of sight and ambush prey from “pits” in the soil. Larvae of some Ithonidae are root feeders, and larvae of Sisyridae are aquatic, and feed on freshwater sponges. A few mantispids are parasites of spider egg sacs.

Fact Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacewing

Other photos you may enjoy:

Australian Lacewing Larvae

Lightning Bug

Emerging Grasshopper Nymph

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