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Lovely Green Lacewings

  • September 26, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Green lacewings are clear-winged insects that are helpful to farmers. The larvae eat aphids, spider mites, thrips, and other insects so voraciously, they’re nicknamed “aphid lions”! The adults of some species are predators too, but others feed only on pollen or nectar.

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