Chrysopa nigricornis

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Copyright © 2011 Roy Cohutta Brown

Chrysopa nigricornis

Whitepath Road area, Gilmer County, Georgia, USA
September 21, 2011
Size: 15-16mm

Body length 15-16mm (excluding antennae and wings)

This individual appears to match the written identification information here on BG, including how the "proximal parts of the antennae are usually (though not always) darkly colored", as apparently seen in the photo above.

View (photo #2 - next photo) LARGE on my Flickr site, to view one of the DARK SPOTS, on the side of the clypeus (also explained here on BG).

So possibly Chrysopa nigricornis:

Images of this individual: tag all

Contributed by Roy Cohutta Brown on 21 September, 2011 - 12:37pm
Last updated 26 August, 2015 - 4:27pm

Moved

Moved from Green Lacewings.

… v belov, 21 September, 2011 - 2:20pm

how about Ceraeochrysa? will show around

Moved from ID Request.

… v belov, 21 September, 2011 - 1:17pm

2nd choice

v, Ceraeochrysa was the second choice to my untrained eye. I went with Chrysopa, because I thought overall shape worked better. I disregarded Ceraeochrysa lineaticornis after some thought and looks:

… Roy Cohutta Brown, 21 September, 2011 - 1:25pm

ID confirmed by N.D. Penny: Chrysopa nigricornis

[thanks for this nice series, Roy. =v=]

… v belov, 21 September, 2011 - 2:21pm

thanks yet again . . . roy

… Roy Cohutta Brown, 21 September, 2011 - 2:39pm

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