Stuart McCausland came across this little bundle of lichen with legs, scooting across a crape myrtle tree in his yard. It is a lacewing larva, sometimes called a “junk bug” because of the junk it ...

The green lacewings, Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens) and Chrysoperla rufilabris (Burmeister), commonly are found throughout North America. Interest in utilizing these beneficial predators as a component ...

The larvae of lacewings, of which there are thousands of species, devour just about everything in their path, experts said. De Agostini via Getty Images The delicate-looking flying insects could be ...

Trapped in tree resin and preserved as in a time capsule: fossils enclosed in amber yield detailed insights into the anatomy of long extinct species. LMU zoologists Prof. Joachim T. Haug and Dr.

These are the muscles inside the head of the larva of a green lacewing. These larvae are known and prized by gardeners due to their voracious appetite for aphids and other soft-bodied plant pests. The ...

Larvae with extremely inflated trunks, fossilized in amber, are giving zoologists insights into the evolution and lifestyle of early lacewings. Larvae with extremely inflated trunks, fossilized in ...

Nicknamed “aphid wolves,” lacewings are beneficial insects with a voracious appetite for common pests. These generalist predators consume various prey in their larval and adult stages. Surprisingly, ...

Chemical defenses of plants not only affect the growth and development of herbivores, but also, indirectly, the next consumers in the food chain. A new study shows that herbivores and their predators ...

The tiny dot of debris, smaller than my little fingernail, suddenly came alive and cruised along my deck rail and up the side of the house. It was the first time I had ever seen this walking bundle of ...