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Photo#464839
Copyright © 2010
Jim Moore
Red Spotted Lacewing
In Westwood - elevation 5100ft, Lassen County, California, USA
September 30, 2010
Size: Body length 10mm
An interesting lacewing with red spots! Any help with ID greatly appreciated.
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Contributed by
Jim Moore
on 14 October, 2010 - 3:13pm
Last updated 28 January, 2021 - 12:35am
Moved
Moved from
Common Green Lacewings
. This is an odd one. From what I see, the dark areas of the wing veins should be too dark for a western species; only
C. johnsoni
should have gray-to-black areas (overwintering adults will have brown areas, but I don't believe they get this dark, unless that could be a relic of photography). It also looks like there are two darkish marks on the sides of the face, rather than an upper red mark and lower dark mark. The marks at the vertex of the head and rather mottled wing venation may point toward one of the species of
Eremochrysa
, though if so it's not one I'm familiar with. The other traits also bear some similarity to
Kymachrysa intacta
, but I'm not able to make out whether the longitudinal veins are sinuous or not.
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Jonathan Hoskins
, 28 January, 2021 - 12:35am
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