Cedar Creek
Natural History Area
Insects of Cedar Creek
Order NEUROPTERA
Family HEMEROBIIDAE
(Brown Lacewings)
(Table of Species)
Brown Lacewings (50 NA spp; 12 MN spp) occur in wooded areas. The larvae are predaceous, some occuring on tree foliage with a disguising pile of lint on their back. Species collected at Cedar Creek include:
Hemerobius humulinus, H. stigmaterus
;
Micromus posticus, M. subanticus
; Sympherobius amiculus, S. sp;
and
Boriomyia fidelis
.
jhaar@lter.umn.edu
Last updated May, 2000
