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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) » Lacewings and Allies (Hemerobiiformia) » Green Lacewings (Chrysopidae) » Unidentified Debris-Carrying Larvae
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Green lacewing moth debris-carrying larva
Copyright © 2013 Maria de Bruyn

Green lacewing moth debris-carrying larva
Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
July 4, 2013
Two different specimens in the 3 photos but all on the same plant so I think they are the same thing

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Contributed by Maria de Bruyn on 5 July, 2013 - 2:23pm
Last updated 5 July, 2013 - 6:52pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 5 July, 2013 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Lacewing debris-carrying larva
Ok, thanks. I was wondering if this was an Acalonia hopper completely covered in white waxy threads.
… Maria de Bruyn, 5 July, 2013 - 3:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Debris...
is probably composed of plant material in this case--leaf trichomes (hairs), pappus (fluff) from seeds, etc.
… Charley Eiseman, 5 July, 2013 - 3:37pm login or register to post comments

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