The Green Lacewings (87 NA spp) are the most commonly encountered members
of this Suborder. Stalked eggs are deposited on foliage by the adult. Larvae
are predators, sucking small soft-bodied insects dry with their sickle-shaped
mandibles. Chrysopa oculata
+ varieties (oculata, albicornis, chlorophana, separata)
are most common in weedy fields. Two other species collected are
Chrysopa plorabunda (a brown-tinged species of open woodland) and
Chrysopa harrisii.
