I happened to be looking at some yellowed virginia creeper leaves, alongside a hiking trail, when I noticed some tiny eggs floating on the ends of long strands of fibre: green lacewing eggs, each about the size of a pinhead. Green lacewings (Chrysoperla sp.)are very beneficial garden insects and are sometimes sold as a biocontrol agent. Their larvae are voracious feeders on aphids and the larvae of sawflies amongst other things.