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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Owlflies, Lacewings, Mantidflies and Allies (Neuroptera) » Lacewings, Mantidflies and Allies (Hemerobiiformia) » Green Lacewings (Chrysopidae) » Unidentified Debris-Carrying Larvae

Unidentified Debris-Carrying Larvae

Classification · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References
Nymph? shrimp lent ball Green Lacewings larvae Lacewing larva Green Lacewing larva San Francisco Lacewing Larva? Green Lacewing Larvae ? Debris-Carrying Larva
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Neuroptera (Antlions, Owlflies, Lacewings, Mantidflies and Allies)
Suborder Hemerobiiformia (Lacewings, Mantidflies and Allies)
Family Chrysopidae (Green Lacewings)
No Taxon Unidentified Debris-Carrying Larvae
Remarks
It seems that the trash carried by these larvae confers some protection against predatory lady beetles.
Leucochrysa is an example of a genus with trash-carrying larvae.
See Also
Green Lacewings for general information on this family.
Print 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 (Full Text)
Internet References
Applied Entomology and Zoology
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 22 August, 2006 - 6:20pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, Aaron Schusteff, ceiseman, John Schneider
Last updated 6 December, 2019 - 2:19am

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