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Common Green Lacewings

Chrysoperla

Common Green Lacewings are small, delicate insects with beautiful green wings. They are often seen fluttering around gardens and fields, where they help keep pests away.

Lebensraum: Gardens

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The Common Green Lacewing has a delicate, bright green body with striking golden or coppery eyes. Its large, clear wings are intricately veined, giving them a lacy appearance that makes them stand out from other garden insects.

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Common Green Lacewings
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Common Green Lacewings

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

Adult lacewings are attracted to lights at night, often flying into homes!

Baby lacewings are called 'aphid lions' because they eat so many garden pests!

Some lacewing larvae wear camouflage coats made of their victims' bodies!

They lay their eggs on tiny silk stalks, protecting them from hungry ants!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Costume Collector

Common Green Lacewing larvae can cover themselves in debris like aphid corpses to hide from predators.

Fähigkeit

Aphid Annihilator

Common Green Lacewing larvae have powerful pincer-like jaws that help them grab and eat garden pests.

Fähigkeit

Sweet Nectar Sipper

Adult lacewings feed on nectar and honeydew because it provides energy for flying and laying eggs.

Fähigkeit

Vibration Whisperer

Common Green Lacewings can detect tiny vibrations in plants that help them locate prey or potential mates.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
20-30 mm
Größe
10-20 mm
Lebenserwartung
20-40 Tage
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adult lacewings sip nectar, but their hungry babies are fierce aphid hunters!

Altersunterschiede: Larvae are predatory insectivores, while adults primarily feed on nectar and pollen.

Hauptnahrung

  • Nectar
  • Pollen
  • Honeydew
  • Aphids
  • Mealybugs
  • Mites

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

hunts

Cotton Aphid

Aphis gossypii

Larvae are voracious predators.

eats

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Predates on eggs and larvae.

shelters

English Oak

Quercus robur

Adults rest and forage on leaves.

eaten by

Black Garden Ant

Formica fusca

Ants can prey on lacewing eggs.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Lacewings are safe to observe, but don't touch them as they are delicate.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Common Green Lacewings?

20-30 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Common Green Lacewings?

10-20 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Common Green Lacewings?

20-40 Tage

Was frisst Common Green Lacewings?

Adult lacewings sip nectar, but their hungry babies are fierce aphid hunters!

Wo findet man Common Green Lacewings normalerweise?

Gardens

Wie jagt Common Green Lacewings?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Common Green Lacewings?

6

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