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Green Lacewing

Description:

"Soft-bodied insects with copper-colored eyes, long thread-like antennae, and lacy wings." - Taken from Bugguide.com

Habitat:

Common throughout North America

Notes:

Landed on my thumb and allowed an intense closeup.

1 Species ID Suggestions

HemaShah
HemaShah 12 years ago
Green Lacewing
Chrysoperla carnea


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2 Comments

SavannahMarie
SavannahMarie 12 years ago

Beautiful! Green lace-wing?

SamanthaCraven
SamanthaCraven 12 years ago

Absolutely stunning!

J.T.Layne
Spotted by
J.T.Layne

Bucyrus, Ohio, USA

Spotted on Jul 28, 2011
Submitted on Jan 22, 2012

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