Green Lacewing - Myiodactylus sp.
Family Nymphidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Green Lacewings in family
Nymphidae that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Larva length 10mm
- The above pictures show the flattened disc-like larva, which lies on the bottom side of a leaf, waiting for prey with jaws widely opened.
- Adult body length 20mm
- We sometimes found this small lacewing adult attracted by window-light and rest near our window glass. This lacewing look like the species from family Chrysopidae, however, its moniliform antenna and wings veins pattern tell us this lacewing is in this family.
- Reference and Link:
- 1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 540.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus & Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p322.
- 3. Newsletter - Butterfly and Other Invertebrates Club, Issue 38, Sep 2005, page 5.
