How To Use Lacewing In A Sentence
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The larval stage of the green lacewing is sometimes confused with the larval stage of lady beetles or ladybugs.
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Buy a ready-made lacewing box to tempt them in during winter.
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To introduce green lacewings into a garden start early in the season as soon as pest insects are detected.
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A little fly that most people are familiar with is the green lacewing.
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That is why right now is one of the best times to begin releasing green lacewings into your garden.
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Nymphidae is the family to which lacewings and ant-lions belong.
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There are fewer lacewings and ladybirds.
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Many species of adult lacewings do not prey on pests.
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Natural enemies of greenflies are ladybird larvae, hoverfly larvae, gall-fly larvae, lacewings and earwigs.
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The grubs of the delicate lacewing gorge themselves on greenfly, as well as leafhoppers and other soft-bodied pests.
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Rearing methods are being developed for green lacewings so that they may be used in biological control of aphids.
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Snake flies are relatives of lacewings.
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The larvae of ladybugs and green lacewings are also hunters of small, soft-bodied insect pests.
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All lacewings, both as adults and larvae, prey on aphids and other soft-bodied insects.
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The adult green lacewing is about 3/4 inch long, light green and has a delicate appearance with lacy wings.
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He claims he named his anti-HCR bill after Paul Revere. mary lacewing, just how pathetic is that?
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The common green lacewing occurs throughout North America, while other species are more restricted in distribution.
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All brown lacewings are voracious predators as both larvae and adults.
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They counted gastropods, spiders, beetles and bugs, butterflies, lacewings and bees.
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Green lacewings, like ladybugs, diminish aphid and mealybug populations, as well as thrips.
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Most adult lacewings get their sustenance from pollen, nectar, and the honeydew produced by aphids and scales.
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The larvae of the green lacewing are ferocious predators.
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These range from those high-pressure watering wands designed for insect control to natural predators like lacewings and predatory mites to botanical and chemical pesticides.
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Natural predators such as ladybirds and lacewings love to eat aphids, but they can be scarce.
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Other insects that are noticeable at the moment are the green lacewings, of which there are several species.
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The antlions are a group of flying lacewings that are widespread around the world but very rare in Britain.
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Lacewings, White-banded clerid Robber files Feed on aphids and soft-bodied insects.
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Insects such as ladybirds and lacewings overwinter there too, so leave the tidying till spring.
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Lacewings are beneficial insects which prey on bugs that damage food crops.
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However in some lacewings the head may also appear to be extended, though never to the extent of a scorpionfly.
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BugGuide also indicates: "The adult of this large, handsome species is easily separated from all other green lacewings found on citrus in Florida by the presence of two dusky spots on each forewing and the unusual mesothoracic markings.
What's That Bug?
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Most of the green lacewings found in Kentucky, such as the one pictured below, are in the Chrysoperla genus.
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The female lacewing lays about 300 eggs, and each developing larva eats between 1000 and 10,000 aphids in its lifetime.
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Female lacewings can lay up to 300 eggs over a period of 3-4 weeks, if they survive that long.
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Here is a green lacewing, maybe chrysopa oculata, contrasting sharply with the frost-burnt clove basil.
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There are two species of lacewings that are brown as adults.
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Both larval and adult lacewings are predators, and are fond of aphids, scales, and other small homopteran insects.