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Debris Carrying Lacewing Larva

Description:

A lacewing (Chrysopidae) nymph, spotted in my back yard, Nea Dimitriada, Volos, Greece...The bug is covered with the dead bodies of other insects (mostly ants) and it's the second one I see within a few months... Spotted in Nea Demetrias, Volos city, Greece.

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2 Comments

DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 10 years ago

Dear @Ioannis, I have no idea, if it belongs to the Acanthaspis genus...But it's the second insect of that kind (camouflaged like this!), that I spotted around my house...

Ioannis
Ioannis 10 years ago

I don't know if it's an acanthaspis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthaspis... but they use ant cadavers as a cover. Do they exist in Greece?

Βόλος, Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Θεσσαλίας - Στερεάς Ελλάδας, Greece

Spotted on Sep 24, 2013
Submitted on Sep 24, 2013

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