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Brown lacewings

Brown lacewings are very similar to green lacewings except they are smaller (usually about ½ inch long) and brown in color.


Brown lacewing
Brown lacewing adult. Photo credit: Dan Mahr


Eggs are not laid on stalks, and larvae are more slender than those of green lacewings. Both adults and larvae of brown lacewings are predators but they are usually not as common as green lacewings. Brown lacewings are in the order Neuroptera and family Hemerobiidae.

 

lacewing egg
Brown lacewing egg. Photo credit: Dan Mahr
lacewing pupa
Brown lacewing pupa, removed from a loose, lacy silken cocoon.
Photo credit: Dan Mahr


brown lacewing
Brown lacewing larva. Photo credit: Dan Mahr

 

 
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