Posts Tagged: green lacewings

Lacewings! Lacewings! Lacewings!

There it was. A beautiful green lacewing, family Chrysopidae, resting on a yellow Iceland poppy in our bee garden. It literally glowed. Nice to have...

A green lacewing lands on an Iceland poppy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A green lacewing lands on an Iceland poppy. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Membranous wings of the green lacewing. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Membranous wings of the green lacewing. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This lacewing was checking its surroundings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This lacewing was checking its surroundings.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Beauty and the Beast

She looked like a ballerina, with her long, thin antennae; slender, delicate body; and...

Green lacewing

WHERE'S DINNER?--This green lacewing (Chrysopa spp.) checks out the menu in a UC Davis flower garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)