A Very Different Lacewing - _TNY_4185
Up until I came across this one on a kiwi plant in my mother-in-law's garden, I considered lacewings as the green or blue ones in Chrysopidae - but this one isn't.
It's one of the brown lacewings in the family Hemerobiidae - I'm almost certain it is a species known as Hemerobius micans.
To me it is amazing how similar and yet also different it can look at the same time. Compare it to a "normal" one here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/27116394467/
Also, if you look closely on the left front leg, you can see that it had an unwanted passenger on there - some sort of red parasitic mite.
A Very Different Lacewing - _TNY_4185
Up until I came across this one on a kiwi plant in my mother-in-law's garden, I considered lacewings as the green or blue ones in Chrysopidae - but this one isn't.
It's one of the brown lacewings in the family Hemerobiidae - I'm almost certain it is a species known as Hemerobius micans.
To me it is amazing how similar and yet also different it can look at the same time. Compare it to a "normal" one here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/27116394467/
Also, if you look closely on the left front leg, you can see that it had an unwanted passenger on there - some sort of red parasitic mite.