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Blue Eyes Lacewing - Nymphes myrmeleonides 

This page contains pictures and information about Blue Eyes Lacewings that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
 
Eggs of  Blue Eyes Lacewing
 
We found a lot of this Lacewing in Brisbane bushland  in mid summer. They have a pair of transparent wings of about equal size. When flying, may mistaken they are dragonflies. But their wings are fold in tent shape whish is different from dragonflies and damselflies. They can also distinguished by their long antenna.
 
 
 
Adult bodies are orange-brown in colour. Their transparence wings are long with a white marking on the wing tips. They are usually found hiding in dense vegetations. They are not very good flier, usually fly slowly to two or three metes away when disturbed. When rest, they hang under leaves.
 
 
 
They lay white eggs arranged in 'U' shape near houses and fences. 
 
Photo: Keith Power, Toowoomba
 
A closer look of the Blue Eyes Lacewing.
 
Photo by: Keith Power, Toowoomba   Larvae raised by :  Sue Ellis, Toowoomba  
Lacewing larvae just hatched.
 
The larvae are litter dwellers, they cover themselves with debris. They are predators for other small insects. They hunt under logs or debris.. 
 

Reference and Link:
1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 530.
2. Wildlife of greater Brisbane - Queensland Museum, p99.
3. Newsletter - Butterfly and Other Invertebrates Club, Issue 38, Sep 2005, page 6. 

 
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