#hemerobiidae

[cnestus]

hell yeah!! the nasty biter!

borwn lacewing larv (Hemerobiidae)

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[jupiterswasphouse]

A real cute brown lacewing :]

[rattyexplores]

Tasmanian Lacewing

Micromus tasmaniae

23/03/23 - NSW, Berrima

[alcnfr]

A Trash Bug (lace wing larvae) out for a stroll this afternoon.

(Hemerobiidae...spp.)

[ratcandy]

hi. person asking you bug questions here

are bugs real

god I wish. can you imagine if bugs were real that'd be soo cool. i mean we'd have like

(photo credit) ascalaphidae... owlflies....... aren't they so weird looking. they're fucking fluffy. they've got obnoxiously long antennae. they look like moths but they're not. they're not even owls. nor are they flies. they're related to antlions (myrmeleontidae). isn't that fucked up. why do we keep naming insects like that. it's awesome though. love this fucker

butdon't even get me started on heteronemiidae...

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like what the fuck that's so scary. it's a stick that moves on its own. that's fucked up. thank god they're not real

and worse ? girl hang on let's go back to the neuropterans for a second. look at these

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these are both lacewings but you know what's evil ? is that (if these were real of course) they're separated into TWO DIFFERENT FAMILIES . the one on the left? on yeahbaby that's brown lacewing, it's hemerobiidae, which i will enver remember how to spell. nad the one on the right? well fuck me that's a green lacewing (chrysopidae yeah SOPpy like the SOPPING WET little. bastard it is). usually they're greener than that, but to make a point, i grabbed a duller green one because there ARE green lacewings that are BROWN. so how do you even tell them apart? huh?????? well get this, it's their fucking wing venation

(i'd grab a photo credit for this one but i yoinked it out of my professor's presentation and though he cites like every other image for whatever reason this one he just didn't feel like doing ig)

like that's awful. i have to put these things under a microscope to know for certain which is which

i mean also usually brown lacewings (or hemerobiidae ,in case u forgot, because i n eed to know how to spell for that exam) are smaller BUT. not always. because that's how it goes isn't it

anyway that'd be so fucked up. if these were real. but hang on. there's more. one more thing.

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no those are NOT!!! the same bug. they're not even in teh same ORDER!!!! the left is termites (order blattodea) and the right? well that's an angel insect (order zoraptera). "but clam they look nearly identical" right.that's crazy. you also find both in colonies inside rotting wood. also both CAN have wings but shed them once not needed anymore.

but you see termites get to evolve out of cockroaches and what do angel insects get? idk. because we barely know anything about them

isn't it fucked up. thank god insects aren't real but I sure wish they were because man it'd be soo cool. it would suck to have to remember how to sight ID them though and remember how to spell all teh family names (said while looking into the camera with tired eyes)

[drhoz]

#1293 - Drepanacra binocula - Australian Variable Lacewing

Small Brown Lacewings from the Hemerobiidae family, native to Australia, but widespread in New Zealand too (but it’s not clear if they got there by themselves or had help). Voracious predators of psyllids and whitefly when young, including the  shining spleenwort whitefly, Trialeurodes asplenii if this NZ factsheet is anything to go by. 

The variable part in the common name refers to the wing markings, which can differ widely, and led to the naming of many now invalid subspecies. 

My carport, in Perth.

[usgsbiml]

Who knew there were that many lacewings?  This is one of the brown members, which should plunk it into the Hemerobiidae group.  If only I had know more we would have taken a picture of the wings. Anyway, love the crazy eyes of these species, more jeweled dome than eye.  Specimen, once again, from the USDA National Honey Bee Lab site slated for destruction if the maglev train comes in.  Photo by Adam Grima

[thegrandimago]

This is the 62nd installment of 'Since I've Been Gone'. Taken on the same night as the last post while on my Iowa hitch with @americanconservationexperience, I found what I believe to be a 'Micromus posticus' resting beneath a leaf. Like others of its genus, it is an aphid hunter, especially in its larval stage, making it a favorite among gardeners. If I have the wrong species, speak out. #animal #animals #insect #insects #insectagram #wildlife #iowawildlife #iowanature #nature #iowainsects #fauna #lacewing #lacewings #brownlacewing #brownlacewings #netwingedinsects #imago #animalia #arthropod #arthropods #arachnid #arachnids #arthropoda #insecta #pterygota #neuroptera #hemerobiidae #micromus #micromusposticus #aceinspires (at YMCA Camp Wapsie) https://www.instagram.com/p/CV_iIMiqTca/?utm_medium=tumblr

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[jupiterswasphouse]

Bit of a blurry one bc I had difficulty seeing my screen, disappointingly, but this lacewing is lovely nonetheless!

[ifelten]

Florvinge-art (Micromus variegatus)

Denne florvinge er omkring 8 mm. og relativt letgenkendelig på de mørke vingemærker. Imago ses hyppigst i august; men den er aktiv fra april til hen på efteråret.

Ligesom larven (’bladlusløve’), er det voksne dyr en stor ynder af bladlus. Den æder dog lejlighedsvist også pollen.

Brown lacewing (Micromus variegatus)

This approx. 8 mm. lacewing is fairly easily recognised on its dark brown markings on the wings. Imago is most often seen in August but it’s active from April and well into autumn.

Like the larva (’aphid lion’), the adult lacewing predates on aphids. Thoug it will on occation also feed on pollen.

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

Found this cool brown lacewing (Hemerobiidae family) by the black light, but at 6:45pm, before I had even turned the light on :-).

[speciesofleastconcern]

280 days of Urbpandemonium #125

Sometimes the animals that come to the illuminated sheets at bug night are NOT moths. The moth-lovers might not be excited about it, but those of us who haven't memorized the family names and are baffled by the finer points of micro-leps are pretty happy. This little cutie-pie--a brown lacewing (family Hemerobiidae*) is a vicious predator, spending the day roaming plant stems to gobble up aphids. * "day-living family"

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[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTO TAKEN: JUNE 1ST, 2023 | Image ID: A photo of a brown lacewing on a window /End ID.]

I don't see the brown ones quite as often as their green relatives, so I'm glad I caught a glimpse of this one!