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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Lacewings and Allies (Hemerobiiformia) » Green Lacewings (Chrysopidae) » Basal Green Lacewings (Nothochrysinae) » Nothochrysa » San Francisco Lacewing (Nothochrysa californica)
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Lacewing for ID - Nothochrysa californica
Copyright © 2010 Stephen Hart

Lacewing for ID - Nothochrysa californica
Lake Mills, Olympic National Park, Clallam County, Washington, USA
June 12, 2010
Sorry, the dorsal shots didn't turn out.
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Contributed by Stephen Hart on 13 June, 2010 - 12:06am

'green lacewing', rather :)
i don't make up those names, Stephen, so don't blame me -- and most chrysopids are indeed green...
this angle is good enough to ID this distinctive insect -- and would be good for a mayfly, too. unlike other winged insects, mayflies and odes, the two oldest alate lineages, are unable to fold wings and have to keep them at rest either upright or spread sideways
[in the damselflies, though, the thorax is strongly tilted backwards, so they manage to keep the wings closer to the abdomen]

Moved from Mayflies.
… v belov, 13 June, 2010 - 12:10am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks for the correction.
The light was really difficult*, but I don't remember any green at all. The belly looked yellow and black. It was much larger and darker than lacewings I'd recognize, though that's no excuse.
In my attempts at the dorsal shot, the camera focussed on the sand, a common problem.

*This is a spot below a steep west-facing slope where there's no sunlight until afternoon, and then the light is often quite harsh.
… Stephen Hart, 13 June, 2010 - 12:26am login or register to post comments

 
right, this one is not supposed to have any green at all
… v belov, 13 June, 2010 - 12:35am login or register to post comments

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