Freshly-laid lacewing eggs hang from silk stalks.

Armenia, Belize
The larva of a green lacewing sucks the juices from a milkweed aphid.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Lacewing larvae are sometimes referred to as "aphid lions" as they are voracious aphid predators. This one consumes a milkweed aphid.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Lacewing eggs are supported on long, silken stalks for protection against predators.

Mungkan Kandju National Park, Queensland, Australia
Freshly-laid lacewing eggs hang from silk stalks.

Armenia, Belize
Freshly-laid lacewing eggs hang from silk stalks.

Armenia, Belize
Freshly-laid lacewing eggs hang from silk stalks.

Armenia, Belize
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