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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) » Chrysopini » Common Green Lacewings (Chrysoperla)
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Lacewing, pupa exuvia, ventral - Chrysoperla
Copyright © 2014 MJ Hatfield

Lacewing, pupa exuvia, ventral - Chrysoperla
Talmage Hill Wildlife Area , Union County, Iowa, USA
July 18, 2014
Size: 6- mm
This is so cool.
In the second photo of this series, above both cocoons (lacewing and sawfly), is an exuvia that I nearly missed (the amber colored mandibles are barely visable). When I finally saw it, I was befuddled. But Carol DiFiori's photos and Charley Eiseman's explanation confirmed what I thought I was seeing.
I did not know that a lacewing pupa emerges from the cocoon before the adult emerges from the pupa. I did not know what the adult mandibles looked like. Now I know. Thanks Carol and Charley.

A question: do all lacewings do this? I’ve previously reared a couple and never noticed.

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Argidae cocoon and lacewing - Chrysoperla Argidae cocoon and lacewing - Chrysoperla Lacewing - Chrysoperla lacewing head - Chrysoperla Lacewing, pupa exuvia, ventral - Chrysoperla Lacewing, pupa exuvia, ventralX - Chrysoperla Lacewing, pupa exuvia, dorsal - Chrysoperla Lacewing, pupa exuvia, lateral - Chrysoperla
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 28 November, 2014 - 6:38pm
Last updated 21 August, 2020 - 3:29pm

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