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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Lacewings and Allies (Hemerobiiformia) » Brown Lacewings (Hemerobiidae) » Microminae » Micromus » unidentified larvae (Micromus unidentified larvae)
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That is not another aphid! Camouflaged predator - Micromus
Copyright © 2009 Beatriz Moisset

That is not another aphid! Camouflaged predator - Micromus
Pennypack Restoration Trust, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 5, 2009
It was several days after having taken this photo that I noticed this bright red fellow among the aphids, a wolf in sheep clothing, I presume.
I wish I had noticed it that day; I would have tried harder to get a better close up.
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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 15 July, 2009 - 7:10pm
Last updated 1 January, 2019 - 8:58am

Moved tentatively per Dr Oswald's comment
Moved from Antlions, Lacewings and Allies.
… v belov, 22 May, 2010 - 4:29am login or register to post comments

#304669 Identification – Hemerobiidae sp.
ID. Probably Micromus sp.
… John D. Oswald, 21 May, 2010 - 11:23pm login or register to post comments

I bet...
the red is stomach contents. Still a good disguise though!
… Charley Eiseman, 13 October, 2009 - 11:08pm login or register to post comments

lacewing larva
It might be brown lacewing larva. I've never see a red one before. What a good disguise!
… Andrew Williams, 15 July, 2009 - 7:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I wonder whether other brightly colored aphids are also predated by equally colorful larvae.
… Beatriz Moisset, 15 July, 2009 - 8:01pm login or register to post comments

 
that I don't know
But, it seems to be the year of the red aphid. I ran across patches of them for the first time this year myself. I'll look closely for red colored lacewing larva now! :)
… Andrew Williams, 15 July, 2009 - 9:25pm login or register to post comments

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