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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 » Stink Lacewings (Chrysopa) » Chrysopa oculata
Photo#20407
Green Lacewing ovipositing - Chrysopa oculata - female
Copyright © 2005 Tony DiTerlizzi

Green Lacewing ovipositing - Chrysopa oculata - Female
Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
June 13, 2005
Size: body: ~11 mm
With precise movement, this female would plant the base of the stalk on the grass, then move the abdomen straight up and release the egg on top. These 3 eggs were laid in about a minute. Here she is preparing to plant a fourth egg stalk.

The markings look similar to a species I've shot before, and seem to match Chrysopa oculata (Golden-eye Lacewing) in Arnett, p. 351, (1).
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Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 15 June, 2005 - 11:40am
Last updated 17 December, 2008 - 8:57am

#20407 Identification – Chrysopa oculata
Identification confirmed.
… John D. Oswald, 18 December, 2008 - 10:55am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Green Lacewings.
… Tony DiTerlizzi, 17 December, 2008 - 8:57am login or register to post comments

Chrysopa oculata it is
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… v belov, 17 December, 2008 - 7:56am login or register to post comments

Very nice
Do you know if this is the only bug that lays eggs like this? I've seen these eggs before, but didn't know what to connect them to.
… Lynette Elliott, 15 June, 2005 - 11:46am login or register to post comments

 
hungry babies
The theory on the stalked eggs is it is to keep the voracious newly hatched larvae from eating their unborn sibs! yikes!
… Tony DiTerlizzi, 15 June, 2005 - 12:42pm login or register to post comments

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