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Diamond-banded Lacewing is pale yellowish brown to ivory in colours, sometimes tinged with pale green. Eyes dark grey to black. Antennae pale yellowish green. This Lacewing can be distinguished by the pterostigma are bright pinkish red in colour. The abdomen has prominent dark red diamond-shaped mark on each segment
Spotted at night time on ceiling. North Eastern NSW.
There doesn't seem to be much information on these guys on the web. According to the encyclopedia of life they've been recorded on Lord Howe Island, around Sydney & Sunnybank in Brisbane.
Spotted on Oct 28, 2013
Submitted on Oct 28, 2013
13 Comments
Thanks lisa! I've never seen one before! It was gorgeous!
Amazing!
Thanks pradeep!!
nice one.
Yeah it was gorgeous! As far as i know it's the only one of it's species on here so far but don't hold me to it! I searched it's common & scientific names under organisms and didn't find another.
Very colourful. The first one on of its species on project noah?
Thanks a lot lori! Id never even seen one around here before and I just couldnt get over how pretty it was!
Wow, nice one. They are such amazing little creatures.
Thanks NathBig & mark!!
You got it - Norfolius howensis - http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_...
Awesome! Well done! :)
Thanks NathBig! I worked out it's a diamond-banded lacewing. I think it's the first of it's species on project noah!
Looks like a Green Lacewing, not sure of the particular species though.