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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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Organizers have prepared a form and a mobile app to help people identify and report their firebug and lacewing sightings during this year’s two insect-counting events.
The practice can restore biodiversity including insects like the green lacewing, that in turn may help farmers control pests such as the olive fruit fly and the olive moth, Manzaneda said.
Lady beetles and lacewings have shown an appetite for feeding on the scale and displayed some efficacy in attacking it, Chen said, but not yet in a way that can halt its spread.
Yet repeated expeditions back to the Fayetteville Walmart and the surrounding forest by Dr. Fisher and some of his colleagues have yet to yield any more giant lacewing finds.
As an example, black cutworm caterpillars are eaten by green lacewings, among others.
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