Numbers
10 spp. in our area are known to have debris-carrying members (9 for the entire genus)
1. Abachrysa (single species)
2. Ceraeochrysa (all species)
3.
Chrysopa (
C. slossonae uses wool from the wooly alder aphid;
C.quadripunctata are only occasional debris-carriers)
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4. Chrysopodes (single species)
5. Eremochrysa (all species)
6. Kymachrysa (all species)
7. Leucochrysa (all species)
8. Nothochrysa (single species)
9. Pseudomallada (all species)
10. Yumachrysa (all species)
Life Cycle
See
Green Lacewings for general information on this family.
Remarks
It seems that the trash carried by the larvae of several species confers some protection against predatory lady beetles.
See Also
Naked green lacewing larvae have a longer, narrower abdomen, unhooked setae, and no long scoli.
Chrysopa sp.
Chrysoperla carnea-group
Chrysoperla comanche
Chrysoperla externa
Chrysoperla harrisii
Chrysoperla rufilabris
Meleoma sp.
Brown lacewing larvae lack tubercles with setae and have proportionally more slender, elongate bodies than any of the green lacewing larvae. Brown lacewings are naked larvae and thus lack any sort of scoli. They also have shorter mandibles.
Hemerobius sp.
Micromus sp.
Micromus posticusPrint References
Catherine Tauber, M.J. Tauber, & G.S. Albuquerque. 2014. Debris-Carrying in Larval Chrysopidae: Unraveling Its Evolutionary History. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 107(2):295-314. (
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Kengo Nakahira & Ryo Arakawa. 2006. Defensive functions of the trash-package of a green lacewing,
Mallada desjardinsi (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), against a ladybird,
Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology 41(1): 111-115. (
Full Text)