Acting like an extremely mobile bit of Cottonwood fluff, the larvae of a Green Lacewing scuttles across a leaf. Lacewing larvae prey on aphids and pile the sucked dry aphid carcasses - and other debris - on their spiny backs. This serves as an effective disguise, protecting them from ants that guard aphids in exchange for aphid excretion called honeydew. There are 84 species of Green Lacewing known in North America.
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| Green Lacewing larva |
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