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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Lacewings and Allies (Hemerobiiformia) » Brown Lacewings (Hemerobiidae) » Sympherobiinae » Sympherobius » Sympherobius occidentalis
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Brown Lacewing - Sympherobius occidentalis
Copyright © 2011 Robert Lord Zimlich

Brown Lacewing - Sympherobius occidentalis
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
November 21, 2011
Interesting venation. Ideas?

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Brown Lacewing - Sympherobius occidentalis Brown Lacewing - Sympherobius occidentalis
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 22 November, 2011 - 7:46am
Last updated 22 November, 2011 - 10:57am

ID confirmed by J.D. Oswald
Moved from Sympherobius.
… v belov, 22 November, 2011 - 10:37am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spongillaflies.
… v belov, 22 November, 2011 - 9:12am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Thanks. Now it's in Dr. Oswald's path
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 22 November, 2011 - 8:33am login or register to post comments

 
Placement
How did you rule out the Brown Lacewing I showed as possible? Just wondering, I can never tell them apart and often get it wrong.
… John R. Maxwell, 22 November, 2011 - 8:37am login or register to post comments

 
Apparently
I can't, either.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 22 November, 2011 - 9:23am login or register to post comments

 
Info page
says "The yellow v-shaped mark on the mesothorax is diagnostic".

http://bugguide.net/node/view/183617
… John R. Maxwell, 22 November, 2011 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

 
Yep
Bug-eyes and "neck" different from lacewing



But then, maybe I'm thinking too hard
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 22 November, 2011 - 8:44am login or register to post comments

Maybe in or near
Hemerobiiformia??? But I'm not sure, you may be right.
vs.
… John R. Maxwell, 22 November, 2011 - 8:24am login or register to post comments

 
S. occidentalis would be my guess, too
3 other spp. occurring in AL can be ruled out, it seems
… v belov, 22 November, 2011 - 9:12am login or register to post comments

 
I think
it is good based on the info page.
… John R. Maxwell, 22 November, 2011 - 9:34am login or register to post comments

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