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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Lacewings and Allies (Hemerobiiformia) » Green Lacewings (Chrysopidae) » Typical Green Lacewings (Chrysopinae) » Leucochrysini » Leucochrysa » subgenus Nodita (Leucochrysa subgenus Nodita) » Lichen-carrying Green Lacewing (Leucochrysa pavida)
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Lichen critter - looking at its face - Leucochrysa pavida
Copyright © 2008 GrammaNature

Lichen critter - looking at its face - Leucochrysa pavida
Jesup, Wayne County, Georgia, USA
January 6, 2008
Size: 1/4 inch MAX
Note that here I am 'eye-to-eye' with this critter. You can see both eyes, 2 arms or possibly mandibles - looking very crab-like, and a couple legs if you use your imagination ! It clearly uses pieces of lichen for camo, and it's truly TINY !!! I am still working on trying to get a better photo ...

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Lichen critter - underside rolling up - Leucochrysa pavida Lichen critter - looking at its face - Leucochrysa pavida
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Contributed by GrammaNature on 7 January, 2008 - 8:29pm
Last updated 16 December, 2020 - 9:19pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Debris-Carrying Larvae.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 16 December, 2020 - 9:19pm login or register to post comments

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