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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Lacewings and Allies (Hemerobiiformia) » Brown Lacewings (Hemerobiidae) » Hemerobiinae » Hemerobius » Hemerobius humulinus
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Brown lacewing - Hemerobius humulinus
Copyright © 2012 Paul Manning

Brown lacewing - Hemerobius humulinus
Debert, Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada
June 3, 2012
Size: ~7mm
Neat caddisfly-like insect, a single specimen visited a light trap. Captured approximately 1:30 AM
Have tried keyed it out, but looking for some confirmation.
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Contributed by Paul Manning on 26 July, 2012 - 9:10am
Last updated 26 February, 2017 - 4:47pm

Moved
Moved from Brown Lacewings.
… v belov, 26 February, 2017 - 4:47pm login or register to post comments

Moved/cropped for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 5 August, 2012 - 2:41pm login or register to post comments

Brown lacewing
This is a brown lacewing (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae). To ID it, check out: Carpenter, F. M. 1940. A revision of the Nearctic Hemerobiidae, Berothidae, Sisyridae, Polystoechotidae and Dilaridae (Neuroptera). Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 74:193-280.

Also: Penny, N. D., P.A. Adams, & L.A. Stange. 1997. Species catalog of the Neuroptera, Megaloptera, and Raphidioptera of America North of Mexico. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 50(3): 39-114.

and: http://www.fsca-dpi.org/Neuroptera/Neuroptera_of_Florida.htm

Also lots of info at: http://insects.tamu.edu/people/faculty/oswaldj.cfm
… Terry Harrison, 26 July, 2012 - 9:22am login or register to post comments

 
Appreciated!
Thanks a million!
I knew something was up!
… Paul Manning, 26 July, 2012 - 9:29am login or register to post comments

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