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Unknown Brown Lacewing

Photo by ForestDragon
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Field Notes

Description:

Small, brown insect with delicate wings.

Habitat:

Suburban yard. Attracted to the lights during Moth Week 2013

Notes:

Difficult to speciate. Any help welcome!

Reference Links:

Family Hemerobiidae - Brown Lacewings - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Eastern Dobsonfly

Corydalus cornutus
AaronS.Young
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Comments (1)
ForestDragon
Thank you for the suggestion, Aaron, however, this insect is much too small and a different body shape than a Dobsonfly. This little lacewing was about the size of the tip of my finger. This is a species of Brown Lacewing. If you follow my reference link you will see. These can be hard to ID, especially when the image isn't very clear.

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