Green Lacewing

Green Lacewing (Chrysoperla carner)

Habitat: They live on gardens, vegetable gardens and agricultural fields.

Size: 15 to 22 mm

Predators/Prey: Larvae feed on aphids, mites, and small arthropods. Adult green lacewings are divided in two diet categories: mainly predatory and mainly pollen, nectar and honeydew.

Life Span: They live 2.5 to 3 months

Interesting facts:

Gardeners use them as pest control.
The female lacewing lays her eggs suspended at the tops of threadlike stalks or else when they hatch the hungry larvae will eat each other ,
Adults of lacewing also called “stink flies” because their ability to produce stink odor when caught as a means of defense against enemies.

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This is the original scanning electron microscope (SEM) image before it was colorized.

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