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Debris-carrying Lacewing Larvae

Chrysopidae

Photo by bonoboprime
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Field Notes

Description:

Transparent ant/termite thing, was walking around with piece of fabric on its back like a turtle. Was hard to photograph, could not focus on it very well. You can just barely see it's pincers and eyes.
Spotted Late July

Habitat:

Was Crawling around on the deck

Reference Links:

Chrysopidae - Wikipedia, Debris-Carrying Larvae - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Debris-carrying Lacewing Larvae

Family Chrysopidae

Reference Link
MrsPbio
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Comments (1)
MrsPbio
These are fun little guys to find...but don't underestimate them... lacewing larvae are fierce predators! Check out the bugguide page for the ID I gave, and also this one: http://bugoftheweek.com/blog/2014/3/31/debris-carrying-lacewing-larvae-chrysopidae
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PublishedNovember 30, 2016

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