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Species Hemerobius humulinus

Hemerobius humilinus - Hemerobius humulinus Hemerobius humulinus Hemerobius humulinus Brown Lacewing - Hemerobius humulinus Brown Lacewing in Nova Scotia - Hemerobius humulinus lacewing - Hemerobius humulinus lacewing - Hemerobius humulinus Brown Lacewing - Lateral - Hemerobius humulinus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Neuroptera (Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies)
Suborder Hemerobiiformia (Lacewings and Allies)
Family Hemerobiidae (Brown Lacewings)
Subfamily Hemerobiinae
Genus Hemerobius
Species humulinus (Hemerobius humulinus)
Explanation of Names
Hemerobius humulinus Linnaeus 1758
from the genus Humulus ('hop plant or hops') + -īne ('of or pertaining to')
from the New Latin Humulus, derived from the Old Norse humli, Old English hymele, or Middle Low German homele ('hop plant')
Identification
Apparently separable from similar, and widespread, H. stigma based on broad stripe on thorax
Range
Holarctic; across N. Amer. south to CO-TX-FL(1)(2)
Season
Mar-Apr and Sep-Nov in NC
Life Cycle
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Internet References
Fact sheet (MacLeod & Stange 2011)[Cite:185010]