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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Lacewings and Allies (Hemerobiiformia) » Brown Lacewings (Hemerobiidae) » Microminae » Micromus » unidentified larvae (Micromus unidentified larvae)
Photo#297212
Lacewing Larva - Micromus
Copyright © 2009 Ashley Bradford

Lacewing Larva - Micromus
Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
June 30, 2009
Size: 1-2 mm
Alien baby! This little critter was running a marathon up my glass door last night; wouldn't hold still at all, so this is the best shot I got. I could tell what it was by its distinctive movements, swinging its head side to side as it ran. This is the tiniest one I've seen - recently hatched, I imagine?

Is this a green lacewing or brown?
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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 1 July, 2009 - 12:36pm
Last updated 13 November, 2020 - 10:58am

Moved
Moved from Micromus.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 13 November, 2020 - 10:58am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Antlions, Lacewings and Allies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 May, 2012 - 5:03am login or register to post comments

#297212 - Micromus sp.
Identification. Hemerobiidae : Micromus sp.
… John D. Oswald, 7 May, 2012 - 10:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you -
makes sense, as there seem to be lots of adults of those in the same area.
… Ashley Bradford, 8 May, 2012 - 9:43am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from larvae.

This was placed in Brown Lacewing larvae. The setae make me think it belongs with the Green Lacewings instead--but I'll let the experts make that determination.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 September, 2010 - 11:41am login or register to post comments

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