Green Lacewing Debris-carrying Larva

Another afternoon, I walked out to the driveway and happened to notice something moving on a leaf. It wobbled and moved quickly, but, at first glance, looked more like a piece of fluff than anything alive. I was aware of it as something other than fluff in the wind. It appears, it knew how to camouflage into larva of a species of Green Lacewing. Adult Green Lacewings are common predatory insects with transparent wings, often seen flying weakly in the garden late in the day or coming to lights at night. Debris-carrying larvae cover themselves with bits of litter, perhaps to deter predators such as lady beetles. The lacewing is also known as a stinkfly because it emits a disagreeable odor as a protective device. The most interesting part of this lacewing is that the colors and the transparent wings. All I needed to do was to manage to get a couple of shots from close range before it's really disappeared from my sight.

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If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos. ~ E. O. Wilson

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Camera	Smartphone
Category	Macrophotography
Lens	Lensbong Macro/Modified Macro lens