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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Lacewings and Allies (Hemerobiiformia) » Beaded Lacewings (Berothidae) » Lomamyia
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Beaded Lacewing - Lomamyia
Copyright © 2007 Michael Guenther

Beaded Lacewing - Lomamyia
Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 10, 2007
Came to a porch light.
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Contributed by Michael Guenther on 10 July, 2007 - 9:20pm
Last updated 27 June, 2009 - 12:19pm

Moved
Moved from Beaded Lacewings.
… john and jane balaban, 28 July, 2007 - 5:03pm login or register to post comments

This looks like
one of the Beaded Lacewings [Berothidae]. See more images here. Nice find!
… Stephen Luk, 10 July, 2007 - 10:56pm login or register to post comments

 
I can see how this looks like
I can see how this looks like a Beaded Lacewing but the color is so different. Does color / markings vary with this species? I'm finding no information on the internet.
… Michael Guenther, 11 July, 2007 - 1:36pm login or register to post comments

 
The info page
lists twelve North American species in one genus; some of these species have a distinctive indentation in their wings, as seen in your specimen. The family is rather poorly-known, however.
… Stephen Luk, 11 July, 2007 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the info. So my p
Thanks for the info. So my photo can be placed in a genus but not a species.
… Michael Guenther, 11 July, 2007 - 2:31pm login or register to post comments

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