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Lacewing Larva - Chrysoperla rufilabris

Lacewing Larva - Chrysoperla rufilabris
Brooklyn Heights, Kings County, New York, USA
July 26, 2011
Any idea if the fuzzy structure could be this larva's cocoon? Does it build it and then enter, or is it poking around at some one else's, or does the pile of fuzz have nothing to do with the larva?

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The pile of fuzz
is a spider egg sac.

 
Oh, cool
Might the larvae be eating spider eggs then?

 
Maybe
They certainly do prey on eggs sometimes, as shown here:

 
Wow!
Ferocious larva!

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