In its larval stage, the Green Lacewing is known to devour over 200 aphids in a week, as well as other soft-bodied pests. That’s a lot of bugs. They continue this feeding frenzy for two to three ...

When most people think of insects in their garden, they usually think of annoying pests that eat away at their hard-earned crops. While it is true that there are many garden-damaging insects out there ...

Come wintertime, they nestle among leaf litter, in foliage and in bark crevices. Your bug hotel may welcome more than just ladybirds. Lacewings are another kind of insect that may choose to overwinter ...

At least three instances of this have been found in modern insect larvae: in antlions, tiger beetles, and water tigers. "Lacewings and their larvae exhibited astonishing diversity during the ...

Despite looking relatively harmless, lacewings are vicious predators. They feed primarily on aphids, a type of tiny insect, sucking the juices out of their prey and, in some species of lacewing ...

It is notable that three specific volatile compounds – 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one, acetic acid and nonanal – were found to consistently attract the lacewing Chrysoperla carnea. These findings emphasise ...

We are investigating the unusual system of communication that has evolved in green lacewings of the group Chrysoperla carnea. Insects in this group communicate using vibrational signals produced by ...