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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 » Hemerobius » unidentified larvae (Hemerobius unidentified larvae)
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My, what big jaws you have! - Hemerobius
Copyright © 2009 R. Berg

My, what big jaws you have! - Hemerobius
Alameda County, California, USA
December 18, 2009
Size: ~3/16 in., 5 mm
At least I think those pincers are on the head end. Found in a minimal, sketchy web shelter on the underside of a fallen loquat leaf. The creature stayed put during the photo session.

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My, what big jaws you have! - Hemerobius My, what big jaws you have! - Hemerobius
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Contributed by R. Berg on 18 December, 2009 - 7:39pm
Last updated 26 April, 2021 - 12:54am

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Larvae.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 26 April, 2021 - 12:54am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Brown Lacewings.
… v belov, 22 May, 2010 - 3:36am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Antlions, Lacewings and Allies.
… R. Berg, 21 May, 2010 - 11:56pm login or register to post comments

#359530 Identification – Hemerobiidae sp.
ID. Probably Hemerobius sp.
… John D. Oswald, 21 May, 2010 - 11:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… R. Berg, 18 December, 2009 - 9:12pm login or register to post comments

Web shelter?
Maybe it was starting to spin a cocoon?
… Charley Eiseman, 18 December, 2009 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Don't know
If it was, it had stopped after a tiny bit of construction. The webbing looked more like the filmy shelters where I sometimes find spiders, just a few strands. I didn't remove any silk, and you can see there isn't much there.
… R. Berg, 18 December, 2009 - 9:10pm login or register to post comments

Lacewing Larva
I think it's most likely Green Lacewing based on the appearance. Normally they have hairs you can see, but the background is making it hard for me to tell in this case.
Brown Lacewing larva can look similar, minus the hairs I believe.

… Andrew Williams, 18 December, 2009 - 7:43pm login or register to post comments

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