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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 » Wesmaelius
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Brown lacewing type 1, 2:08pm - Wesmaelius
Copyright © 2009 James Bailey

Brown lacewing type 1, 2:08pm - Wesmaelius
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
May 17, 2008
I am having trouble getting these identified further than just "Brown lacewing".

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Brown lacewing type 1, 2:08pm - Wesmaelius Brown lacewing type 1, 2:12pm - Wesmaelius
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Contributed by James Bailey on 3 February, 2009 - 5:57pm
Last updated 3 February, 2009 - 9:40pm

#251794 Identification – Wesmaelius sp.
Identification.
… John D. Oswald, 4 February, 2009 - 8:23am login or register to post comments

Wesmaelius, i believe
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… v belov, 3 February, 2009 - 8:49pm login or register to post comments

 
I think you've cracked it.
The description says "wings greyer than other genuses" and the pics there seem to match.

W. nervosus is holarctic

W. longifrons is widespread in northern United States and Canada

Which one would be in Edmonton ? (if not both)
… James Bailey, 3 February, 2009 - 9:39pm login or register to post comments

 
what kind of source says 'genuses'?????
i wouldn't trust it
… v belov, 3 February, 2009 - 9:48pm login or register to post comments

 
My bad
I just typed it from the genus page, rather than quoting properly. And spelt genera wrong!
… James Bailey, 4 February, 2009 - 6:43pm login or register to post comments

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