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Order Neuroptera
- This page contains pictures and information about Large Lacewings in family
Nymphidae that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- Photo by: Keith Power, Toowoomba Larvae
raised by : Sue Ellis, Toowoomba
- Lacewing larvae just hatched.
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Nymphidae is a small family. It is endemic to Australiasia. Comparing
with other families, lacewings in this family are large in size. They have moniliform
antennae and they are not clubbed.
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- Blue Eyes Lacewing, Giant Orange Lacewing
 
- Nymphes myrmeleonides, body length 40mm
- We found a lot of this Lacewing in Brisbane bushland in mid summer.
They have a pair of transparent wings of about equal size. When flying, may be mistaken
as dragonflies. But their wings are fold in tent shape whish is
different from dragonflies and damselflies. They can also distinguished by
their long antenna. They lay white eggs arranged in 'U' shape on tree
trunks or on fences.
More information and pictures please click on here.
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- Diamond-banded Lacewing
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Norfolius howensis body length 25mm
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This Lacewing is pale yellowish brown to ivory in colours, sometimes tinged with pale green.
The eyes are dark grey to black. Antennae are pale yellowish green. Wings are
clean with pterostigma bright pinkish red. On each abdomen segment there is the prominent dark red
to black colour diamond-shaped mark. Please check this page
for more information.
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- Green-black
Dotted Lacewing
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Myiodactylus osmyloides, body length 20mm
- This species is common in
Brisbane. They are easily distinguished by the brightly coloured pterostigma,
which are different colours on the two pairs of wings. Please check this page
for more information.
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- Green Large Lacewing
 
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Myiodactylus sp., adult body length 20mm
Larva length 10mm
- We sometimes found this small lacewing attracted by window-light and rest
nest our window glass. The second picture shows the flattened disc-like larva, which lies
on the bottom side of a leaf, waiting for prey with jaws widely opened. More
pictures and information can be found in this page
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 540.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus &
Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p322.
- 3. Wildlife
of greater Brisbane - Queensland Museum, p99.
- 4. A
revision of the Australian Nymphidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) - TR New
1981, Australian Journal of Zoology 29(5) 707 - 750.
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