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Red Spotted Lacewing

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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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.

Moved
Moved from Green Lacewings.