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lacewing
/ ˈleɪsˌwɪŋ /
noun
- any of various neuropterous insects, esp any of the families Chrysopidae ( green lacewings ) and Hemerobiidae ( brown lacewings ), having lacy wings and preying on aphids and similar pests
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Between thirty and forty species of lacewing flies are known to occur in our own country.
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The pretty lacewing knows what an appetite her ever hungry larvæ will have, and so she protects them against each other.
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You see it looks a little like the lacewing larva, and it, too, belongs to the Neuroptera.
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Lacewing-flies of the genus Chrysopa are commonly called golden-eye flies.
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May says she supposes the larva of the lacewing is a little monster like that of the corydalus.
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