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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Lacewings and Allies (Hemerobiiformia) » Brown Lacewings (Hemerobiidae) » Sympherobiinae » Sympherobius » Sympherobius umbratus
Photo#204315
Sympherobius umbratus
Copyright © 2008 John R. Maxwell

Sympherobius umbratus
Marlton, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
June 30, 2008
While processing this image of a small black "caddis", I started to wonder if it was Trichoptera? Maybe Hemerobiidae (Brown Lacewings) or my belief Sisyridae (Spongeflies), maybe even Sisyra ??? Any guesses out there? Came to the light at night. Pretty small, MAYBE 7 mm nose to wingtip, but I'm not really sure. I really had to lighten the image to bring out any detail in the wing veins.
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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 21 July, 2008 - 2:25pm
Last updated 18 December, 2011 - 6:49pm

Moved
Moved from Spongeflies. I put this with my other images taken around the same time, but maybe I should frass instead.
… John R. Maxwell, 19 December, 2008 - 5:52pm login or register to post comments

#204315 Identification – Hemerobiidae or Sisyridae sp.
Identification. This is either a sisyrid of the genus Sisyra, or Sympherobius umbratus. The characters distinguishing the two are difficult to made out with certainty here.
… John D. Oswald, 18 December, 2008 - 6:07pm login or register to post comments

Sisyridae
nice little things. visit my light quite regularly
… v belov, 22 July, 2008 - 2:43am login or register to post comments

 
I wonder
could you look at these 2 and see if I have placed them correctly?

I thought that they belonged here http://bugguide.net/node/view/86576/bgimage because of this image but now I'm not sure.
… John R. Maxwell, 23 July, 2008 - 9:57am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Horrible contrast and lighting, but I thought the veins looked correct. I assume I will have other chances to upgrade this :-)
… John R. Maxwell, 22 July, 2008 - 8:07am login or register to post comments

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