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Black unknown nymph feeding on aphids

Black unknown nymph feeding on aphids
Berwyn, Cook County, Illinois, USA
August 21, 2018
Size: 1/4 inch
Unknown nymph? lacewing nymph? found on milkweed plant with "dead" brown aphids. Did it kill them and then they turned brown? Looks like the nymph was sucking them dry from the bottom aphid shell.

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