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Chrysopidae
Looks like a ball of fluffy trash. Has long bristles on its sides that collect debris.
Found on a squash leaf in my vegetable garden.
The larval stage of the green lacewing. Feeds on aphids. Debris provides camouflage from birds.
Spotted on Nov 12, 2020
Submitted on Nov 26, 2020
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4 Comments
awesome find
Thanks for the comments. I've seen other individuals of this species and pics on the internet. My question is how do the select their camouflage so they all look alike? And what is it?
Fantastic!!
Cool spotting, tomk3886!