Freshly-laid lacewing eggs hang from silk stalks.

Armenia, Belize
A larva of a Myrmeleon sp. antlion, uncomfortably pulled from its burrow.

Orlando, Florida, USA
An antlion (not visible) hurls sand at an ant (Camponotus tortuganus) attempting to climb out of the trap.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Antlion pits in sandy soil.

Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA
Adult antlions superficially resemble damselflies, but they are actually relatives of lacewings.

Sierra Nevada mountains, California, USA
Climaciella brunnea is a predatory mantisfly that mimics paper wasps in the genus Polistes.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
The larva of a green lacewing sucks the juices from a milkweed aphid.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Climaciella brunnea on a black-eyed susan. Note the raptorial forelegs.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Climaciella brunnea is a predatory mantisfly that mimics paper wasps in the genus Polistes.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
The larva of a green lacewing sucks the juices from a milkweed aphid.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
The larva of a green lacewing sucks the juices from a milkweed aphid.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
The larva of a green lacewing sucks the juices from a milkweed aphid.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
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