Lacewing Larvae about 1/4 inch (.250 or 6.35mm)long.
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Lacewing - larvae stage. They bite. Size less than .250" or (6.3mm) or (1/4") in length.
Lacewing Fly - mature larvae stage. Though they bite, they are very helpful in ridding the plants
of mites, mealy bugs and other pests. Size 1/4" to 1/3" in length. (.250" ~ .333") (6.350mm ~ 8.35mm)
Mother Nature has developed this ingenious method to perpetuate the Lacewing. Immature lacewings are fierce hunters, and if eggs hatched,
the young would quickly devour one another. The female Lacewing deposits each egg at the end of a stalk, so by the time a newly hatched
Aphid Wolf or Aphid Lion climbs down, its brothers and sisters have already wandered away.
Green Lacewing Larvae, known as an Aphid Wolf will often cover themselves with debris including the empty skins of their victims, as camouflage.
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