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Green Lacewing larva
Copyright © 2011 Ken

Green Lacewing larva
Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 25, 2011
Size: about 6-7mm diameter
Originally submitted as: Walking Lint
Found in the underbrush along a grassy trail in southeastern PA
Contributed by Ken on 28 June, 2011 - 9:26am
Last updated 16 July, 2011 - 10:39pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 16 July, 2011 - 10:39pm

This is a...
...Debris-Carrying Larva of one of the Green Lacewings (Chrysopidae).
… Ron M., 28 June, 2011 - 10:12am

 
Thanks ...
Does it look like somebody took a bite out of it?
… Ken, 28 June, 2011 - 10:19am

 
Kind of, but
that bit isn't part of the insect; it's part of the debris it's covered itself with--maybe dead prey or one of it's own shed exoskeletons?
… Ken Wolgemuth, 28 June, 2011 - 11:27am

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