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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 stigma
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Hemerobius stigma
Copyright © 2007 Cotinis

Hemerobius stigma
Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve, Moore County, North Carolina, USA
March 18, 2007
Size: 6 mm
Detail of head, showing, I believe, the distinctive form--large eye and mouthparts (palpi) with an apiculus as shown in this diagram (link updated 8/2/17) from the University of Florida. Quoting from that key:
maxillary and labial palpi with a small peg-like apiculus so that they appear 6- and 4-segmented respectively ---> Hemerobius/Sympherobius

Compare head of Micromus here:


Updated image (10/13/2022) enlarged 2X to show palps better.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 23 March, 2007 - 5:09pm
Last updated 13 October, 2022 - 7:04pm

Updated broken link
The helpful diagram that Patrick included to U of Florida can now be found here:
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/beneficial/brown_lacewings15.htm
… Harsi S. Parker, 2 August, 2017 - 7:49pm login or register to post comments

#99221 Identification – Hemerobius stigma
Identification confirmed.
… John D. Oswald, 11 May, 2007 - 12:07pm login or register to post comments

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