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Type Words
Synonyms lacewing fly
Type of neuropteron, neuropterous insect, neuropteran
Has types hemerobiid, hemerobiid fly, brown lacewing, stink fly, chrysopid, green lacewing

Examples of lacewing

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Antlions, strange lacewing-like insects rare in Britain, are also found here.
From the independent.co.uk
All that was visible were equally sized elliptical grains like lacewing eggs.
From the theepochtimes.com
From California, she received 5,000 eggs of the green lacewing.
From the washingtonpost.com
The alleged Udumbara flower is of a size similar to lacewing eggs and also sits on a slender stalk.
From the theepochtimes.com
Guek uploaded the picture after photographing the lacewing last year in a forest in Selangor, Malaysia.
From the infowars.com
The larva of lacewing have a different use.
From the post-gazette.com
The tents may be thin and transparent, but they were strong enough to protect the nymphs from the lacewing larvae.
From the newscientist.com
She digs her way out, and when her offspring emerge, ants, spiders and beneficial insects such as lacewing larvae move in.
From the chron.com
On a field maple's leaf, a pea-sized ball of fluff and shed spider skins moves and reveals itself as a green lacewing larva.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids
  • The insect order Neuroptera, or net-winged insects, includes the lacewings, mantidflies, antlions, and their relatives. The order contains some 6,010 species. ...
  • Beneficial insects that preys on aphids.