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23-Jul-2025

Green Lacewing Larva

My wife found a fuzzy insect about the size of a kernel of corn crawling on her arm. When she showed it to me, I encouraged her to move into the sunlight, so I could photograph it. Before she got there she complained that it was biting her, and she moved it to a leaf. I transferred it to a nearby piece of wood and got a few shots before it dropped to the ground. The image here is a very tight crop. It wasn't until I zoomed in on my computer monitor that I saw the larva under the ball of fuzz. There were dark spots on both sides of the front that we had assumed were its eyes.

Family Chrysopidae

Canon EOS 5D Mark III
1/640s f/8.0 at 100.0mm iso1600 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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