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Dinu
Mysore
India (Zone 10a)
April 13, 2007 2:00 PM Post #3386984
| I was just lucky to notice this. I had found some eggs that I had posted pix of some time agi. I wonder if this has come out from one of the set. Which is this? It was about an inch and a half long. 
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trackinsand
mid central, FL (Zone 9a)
April 15, 2007 11:47 AM Post #3393965
| super shot, dinu. it looks like a lacewing to me. |
Dinu
Mysore
India (Zone 10a)
April 15, 2007 12:48 PM Post #3394172
| Thanks. The sun also helped me in this shot. Any idea where this exactly this fits in? |
trackinsand
mid central, FL (Zone 9a)
April 15, 2007 6:51 PM Post #3395267
| do you mean is it good or bad for your plants? it's a good one! |
Dinu
Mysore
India (Zone 10a)
April 15, 2007 11:00 PM Post #3396262
| Yes, besides that, I want to know to which genus and species this belongs - to enable me to post in in the Bug Files. |
claypa
West Pottsgrove, PA (Zone 6b)
April 16, 2007 12:50 PM Post #3397909
| I think it's an Antlion adult. Family Myrmeleontidae. ..aka doodlebugs. Still looking! |
trackinsand
mid central, FL (Zone 9a)
April 16, 2007 12:58 PM Post #3397928
| here are some images of antlions until claypa gets back. http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=antlion&btnG=Search ... |
claypa
West Pottsgrove, PA (Zone 6b)
April 16, 2007 1:06 PM Post #3397966
| Hi trackinsand
Maybe Myrmeleon pictifrons? We're getting closer I think. This one is about the size of yours.
http://www.geocities.com/brisbane_lacewings/Myrmeleontidae.h...
Lacewings and Antlions are in the same Order, Neuroptera... I don't think any Lacewings have very short antennae like your Insect, Dinu |
claypa
West Pottsgrove, PA (Zone 6b)
April 16, 2007 1:20 PM Post #3398019
| There are a lot of genera, this could be really hard!
http://www.antlionpit.com/oriental.html
I wonder if Insects can be put in Bug Files to represent a Family, or if only the Family is known? |
Dinu
Mysore
India (Zone 10a)
April 16, 2007 1:43 PM Post #3398096
| I was told that these were some sort of lacewing's eggs I found in my garden. 
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trackinsand
mid central, FL (Zone 9a)
April 16, 2007 2:06 PM Post #3398161
| well, i know that the green lacewings in florida have eggs that look like that exactly.
i'm adding a link. i've had the ones that are kind of in a line and also the ones in a circular pattern. i was told that one was the green and the other was the brown, but i'm sure there are lots of species (or colors).
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=lacewing eggs&btnG=S...
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claypa
West Pottsgrove, PA (Zone 6b)
April 16, 2007 3:21 PM Post #3398386
| In the Order Neuroptera, the only Families that have clubbed antennae that I know of are Owlflies (Ascalaphidae) and Antlions (Myrmeleontidae). There are Families of green and brown Lacewings, (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae) and a few other less common Lacewing Families, but they don't have clubbed antennae.
http://www.backyardnature.net/neuropte.htm
It wouldn't surprise me if Dinu has Lacewings laying eggs in his yard and Antlions, they are both pretty common.
Here's another Antlion picture that shows the antennae pretty well:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/81806 |
claypa
West Pottsgrove, PA (Zone 6b)
April 16, 2007 3:21 PM Post #3398387
| Somehow that posted three times... sorry about that. Anyway, those do look like Lacewing eggs.
Dinu, do you see any of the little conical ant traps in your yard?
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claypa
West Pottsgrove, PA (Zone 6b)
April 16, 2007 3:21 PM Post #3398388
| oops..?
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Dinu
Mysore
India (Zone 10a)
January 1, 2013 8:54 AM Post #9372252
| claypa, I don't see those conical ant traps in my yard. |
