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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Lacewings and Allies (Hemerobiiformia) » Green Lacewings (Chrysopidae) » unidentified eggs
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Egg, Meleoma?
Copyright © 2024 Salvador Vitanza

Egg, Meleoma?
Nogales, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
April 28, 2024
Coordinates: 31.335334, -110.938093
Elevation: 3,931 ft
Laid by a green lacewing that was attracted to mercury vapor and ultraviolet lights
Unfortunately, I released the specimen immediately before I realized that she had laid six eggs on the interior walls of a plastic vial
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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 1 May, 2024 - 11:25pm
Last updated 3 May, 2024 - 12:13am

Moved
Moved from Green Lacewings.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 3 May, 2024 - 12:13am login or register to post comments

A similar specimen
to the one that laid this egg was posted here:



Both specimens were caught at the same time and location
… Salvador Vitanza, 1 May, 2024 - 11:28pm login or register to post comments

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