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A beautiful little harp of Lacewing Eggs under a leaf. Family Chrysopidae.
Heavy shrubbery along the highway between San Cristobal de Las Casas and Tuxtla Gutierrez, km 11.5, 865 meters.
Spotted on Aug 12, 2013
Submitted on Aug 27, 2013
8 Comments
Thank you Telse and Rieko :)
Thank you Karen for the Fun Fact! Very interesting. :)
Nice spotting!
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.
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KEWL!
Thank you surekha and namitha :)
Lovely spotting Lauren
Beautiful!