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A lacewing larva?

A lacewing larva?
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
July 13, 2017
Size: The armor length ~4mm

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A lacewing larva? A lacewing larva? A lacewing larva?

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Yes - Debris-carrying Lacewing larva…
See reference here.

 
Lacewing larva
Thank you, Ross.
I will be even more obliged if you could guess the Genus.
Cheers -

Andrew

 
Opinion…
In the subfamily Chrysopinae, two tribes have distinctive debris-carrying characteristics (Chrysopini & Leucochrysini). Nearly all of the Leucochrysine and some of the Chrysopini genera have debris-carrying larvae.

That being said, there are many species in the genus Chrysopa that are also trash-carriers, and because they are much more common, I would suspect the likelihood is much higher that you might encounter one of them in your area.

It has been suggested that each tribe has distinctive debris-carrying characteristics. That may be true, but additional research would be needed to confirm that possibility.

 
possibly Chysopa...
Bingo!

He ate Brachymyrmex males and used their exoskeleton to build his armor. I let him go to the garden.
Much obliged, Ross -

Andrew

 
Ant associations
The association with ants, especially eating them, is rather characteristic of Belonopterygini, so it may be worth investigation. Abachrysa eureka is known to be a debris-carrier, though the facial markings don't seem to align with the description by Tauber, Kilpatrick, & Oswald (2020).

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