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Lacewing nymph

Family Chrysopidae

Description:

Lacewing larvae are voracious predators, attacking most insects of suitable size, especially soft-bodied ones (aphids, caterpillars and other insect larvae, insect eggs, and at high population densities also each other). In the other hand, to protect themselves, larvae of some species, like this one, camouflage themseves "glueing" the remains of their victims over their own body.

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2 Comments

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 9 years ago

Gracias Luis.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 9 years ago

Great photo Sergio! I've only seen one a couple of years ago.

Sergio Monteiro
Spotted by
Sergio Monteiro

Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Spotted on Jan 2, 2015
Submitted on Apr 6, 2015

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