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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Lacewings and Allies (Hemerobiiformia) » Brown Lacewings (Hemerobiidae) » Hemerobiinae » Hemerobius » Hemerobius humulinus
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Brown Lacewing in Nova Scotia - Hemerobius humulinus
Copyright © 2020 Mark Dennis

Brown Lacewing in Nova Scotia - Hemerobius humulinus
Clam Point, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada
August 20, 2020
Possibly Hemerobius humilinus Humulin's Brown Lacewing?
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Contributed by Mark Dennis on 21 August, 2020 - 2:02pm
Last updated 22 August, 2020 - 12:27am

why "Humulin's"? what does it mean?
Moved from Brown Lacewings.
… v belov, 22 August, 2020 - 12:27am login or register to post comments

 
Brown Lacewing in Nova Scotia
Searching iNaturaist Humulin's is the English name for the species, so Humulin's Brown Lacewing.
… Mark Dennis, 22 August, 2020 - 5:58am login or register to post comments

 
thanks... common names are so endlessly confusing...
does this imply that the specific epithet is a patronym???

looks like this name is not used anywhere outside that website, i suspect it's been made up on the spot by a non-expert
… v belov, 22 August, 2020 - 4:33pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 21 August, 2020 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

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