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Lacewing Eggs

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Field Notes

Description:

A beautiful little harp of Lacewing Eggs under a leaf. Family Chrysopidae.

Habitat:

Heavy shrubbery along the highway between San Cristobal de Las Casas and Tuxtla Gutierrez, km 11.5, 865 meters.

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Comments (8)

Thank you Karen for the Fun Fact! Very interesting. :)
Fun fact! Lacewings lay their eggs on 1/4 inch filaments to keep young larvae from eating each other after they hatch. Lacewing larvae are also known as "aphid lions", a very appropriate name as they consume around 600 aphids and other small insects before they metamorphose into adults. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153181369530603&set=a.10152575329380603.958289.10150120463815603&type=1

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