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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) » X-marked Green Lacewing (Chrysopa chi)
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Lacewing larva - Chrysopa chi
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

Lacewing larva - Chrysopa chi
Acadia NP, Hancock County, Maine, USA
August 9, 2008
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Contributed by tom murray on 11 August, 2008 - 9:06pm
Last updated 25 November, 2022 - 3:48pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified larvae.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 25 November, 2022 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Chrysopa chi
Jonathan, thanks for keying this one out to species. It's the first Chrysopa chi larva identified in the guide.
… tom murray, 25 November, 2022 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

Something besides C. oculata - probably C. chi
Using Smith's (1922) key to larvae, the third set of tubercles being darkened allow us to exclude C. oculata (which were the dominant Chrysopa larvae). Since all abdominal tubercles are pale, this seems to key to C. chi. However, a more useful trait is whether the first abdominal segment (directly following the dark tubercles) has small lateral tubercles or no lateral tubercles. I think all I see are dorsal tubercles (agreeing with C. chi), but I'm not positive how well I'm seeing this area.

This far north shouldn't include C. incompleta (which Smith doesn't include), and it looks like the remaining eastern species have 4 makings on the head capsule rather than 3 spots.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 25 November, 2022 - 3:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Naked Larvae.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 3 December, 2020 - 5:16pm login or register to post comments

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