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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Lacewings and Allies (Hemerobiiformia) » Green Lacewings (Chrysopidae) » Typical Green Lacewings (Chrysopinae) » Chrysopini » Common Green Lacewings (Chrysoperla)
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Lacewing larva - Chrysoperla
Copyright © 2012 StevenBren

Lacewing larva - Chrysoperla
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
April 28, 2012
The caterpillar is having a bad day. Any guesses on the cocoon?
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Contributed by StevenBren on 29 April, 2012 - 8:23am
Last updated 18 April, 2021 - 12:55am

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Naked Larvae.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 18 April, 2021 - 12:55am login or register to post comments

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I suppose there are three options for placement of this photo... feel free to disagree with my choice.
… Charley Eiseman, 9 June, 2012 - 7:42am login or register to post comments

Wow! A very hungry lacewing,
Wow! A very hungry lacewing, so it seems. I'm gathering by the cocoon, that it scavenged this corpse.
… Victor Engel, 29 April, 2012 - 8:28am login or register to post comments

 
I would say so
but the corpse was very fresh. When opportunity knocks...........
… StevenBren, 29 April, 2012 - 8:30am login or register to post comments

 
As for the cocoon, I would gu
As for the cocoon, I would guess Braconid of some sort.
… Victor Engel, 29 April, 2012 - 8:33am login or register to post comments

 
Braconid for sure
Braconids are not very thorough eaters, and their hosts are often still sort of alive for a while after the larvae exit. I once saw a catalpa hornworm that was still feeding even though it had dozens of Cotesia cocoons on its back. Looks like the adult wasp already emerged from this cocoon.
… Charley Eiseman, 29 April, 2012 - 9:36am login or register to post comments

 
For sure
I have seen all sorts of sphinx larvae that appeared to have their hair in curlers calmly munching away while the same was happening inside them.

One of these days, we shall have to meet here in the burg. Yes, I have the book.
… StevenBren, 29 April, 2012 - 5:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Aha...
Well, the catalpa hornworm of which I speak is pictured on p. 111, and as it happens that photo was taken in Nashville. You're more likely to find Noah in Nashville, since his mother lives there--we're both currently based in Massachusetts.
… Charley Eiseman, 29 April, 2012 - 6:23pm login or register to post comments

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