Speaking of the most common, the green lacewing , perhaps everyone is familiar with it. It often meets on grass blades and flowers. Green body color, transparent wings as thin as cicada wings, slender tentacles. A pair of large and round compound eyes , under the light, with the metallic luster of red and purple bars (different individuals, the luster will be different).
A lacewing resting on glass, with a body length of about 15mm.
The lacewing is a completely metamorphic insect. That is, its life history needs to go through four stages: egg-larva-pupa-adult. Lacewing eggs are very characteristic: oval, with a long diameter of about 1mm. There is a flexible silk handle at the base of the egg, and the other end of the silk handle is attached to branches, leaves, bark and other objects (until now, I have not been able to meet the egg of a lacewing, I feel sorry to think about it).
The larva of the lacewing is called aphid . It is named after preying on aphids, whiteflies , psyllids, scale insects , spiders and other small insects and eggs. The aphid has a large food intake and has a strong predatory ability. Although it has no wings and cannot fly, it is very active, crawling constantly and hunting prey everywhere.
Aphid, the name sounds fierce and mighty.
Although the aphid is small, it has a pair of powerful pincer-like mouthparts. After encountering the prey, the aphid first clamps the prey with the upper and lower jaws of the pair of mouthparts, and injects the corrosive liquid into the prey through the large jaw. After the tissue in the prey is melted, it sucks, leaving an empty body of the prey. (It seems that many insects eat in this way, such as: carnivorous flies, stinkbug nymphs, etc.)
aphids, pay attention to the picture, find where its head is.
Aphids have scent glands on their bodies, and they secrete odorous fluid to drive off natural enemies (lacing fly adults do not have scent glands). In addition, aphids also like to put some small dead branches and leaves, and the shells of their prey after prey.It is glued on the back as a disguise. Invisible, it is difficult for natural enemies to discover. Under such a costume, it is not easy to photograph aphids clearly and completely.
The small aphid, looking for food with a heavy burden, is also a hard task.
Adult Lacewings feed on pollen, nectar and a variety of eggs to supplement nutrients before laying eggs. From the prey of adults and larvae of lacewings, lacewings are beneficial insects.
Lacewings perching on vegetable leaves
Lacewings are widely distributed and have obvious regional characteristics. In recent years, in addition to the common green lacewings I have encountered, there are also the following two species of lacewings.
Red mole lacewing , body length is about 25-30mm. Colorful and beautiful.
Photographed by mobile phone, red mole lacewing
red mole lacewing, orange head, blue compound eyes and shiny. The pronotum and back of the abdomen are red, and the lateral edges of the back of the chest and the back of the abdomen have red vertical stripes and oblique spots. The wings are transparent and the wing mole is red, which is the origin of the name.
mobile phone shooting, red mole lacewing
mobile phone shooting, red mole lacewing
Japanese lacewing , long and thin, light yellow head with peach red spots, compound eyes . The wing veins of the wings are net-like and transparent like tulle.
Photo by mobile phone, Japanese lacewing
In Insecta , lacewing belongs to Neuroptera . Generic name of the order: Lacewing. Mainly include: lacewing, , man-lace , ceratophyllum, lacewing, brown lacewing and other insects.Nearly 200 species have been recorded in China (about 6000 species are known in the world). It's really not too much, and it's fate to be able to meet a certain lace fly. In addition to the lacewings in the order Neuroptera that have been encountered so far, there are also:
Mantis (Mantis family) . The tibia of the forelimbs is wide, like a praying mantis. Hence the name: Praying Mantis.
Mobile phone shooting, man-lace.
Praying mantis, body color is yellow to yellowish brown. The compound eyes have a blue-green metallic luster, with thick but not long antennae, a thin neck-like front chest, and a reticular and transparent wing veins.
Photo taken by mobile phone, praying mantis
(some kind) Sphenopsidae (Sphenidae) . The body shape resembles a dragonfly, but its antennae resemble a butterfly, hence the name: butterfly horned lacewing.
The butterfly horned lacewing is like a dragonfly, but its antennae resemble a butterfly.
When I first met, I regarded it as a dragonfly. It’s just that this "dragonfly" feels weird when shooting, how can it have tentacles that look like drumsticks, and its head is also fluffy.
Butterfly horned lacewing, which looks like a dragonfly, but its antennae resemble a butterfly. The body length is about 25mm, and the wingspan is about 70mm. It inhabits in the forest and has phototaxis at night.
Lacewing tree ant, body length about 25mm, wingspan of about 70mm
Lacewing tree ant, body length about 25mm, wingspan of about 70mm
Lacewing) . The body length is about 30-40mm.
mobile phone shooting, white spotted lacewing
mobile phone shooting, white spotted lacewing, body color is yellowish brown or brown, stubby antennae, swollen and curved ends. Vein-shaped wings, with a large white spot on each end.
Others in the order: Lacewing
Some kind of suspected: fish fly? Mud fly? Verification
Suspected: Lacewing
Location: Sanming, Fujian
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