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Green Lacewing Eggs (17 fertile, 1 not)
Copyright © 2011 Victor Engel

Green Lacewing Eggs (17 fertile, 1 not)
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
June 26, 2011
The egg on the extreme right appears not to be fertilized.

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Green Lacewing Eggs (17 fertile, 1 not) Green Lacewing Eggs (17 fertile, 1 not) Green Lacewing Eggs (17 fertile, 1 not)
Contributed by Victor Engel on 26 June, 2011 - 5:40pm

Video of larvae
Here is a link to a video of the newly hatched larvae. It starts with a pan of the hatchlings sitting on their eggs, then shows closeups of them flexing their muscles. The last 4 minutes shows them moving around, picking up debris, and placing it on their Velcro-like backs.
… Victor Engel, 1 July, 2011 - 9:45am

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