so beautiful bug-2: lacewing

In this freezing winter, it was a surprise to see this pinkish bug, named lacewing (Order Neuroptera; Family Chrysopidae?).  More surprisingly, it was the first time for me to see the pink one (the green one is the one you can see often in the backyard).

The lacewings are beneficial for humans, as many of them are predators, eating other bad bugs like aphids.  It is such an irony; they look so pretty and harmless to anyone.  They look like a beautiful lady wearing a laced skirt, but have an instinct as a predator.


Mothers lay funny-looking eggs on a leaf; they are club-shaped with a thin and long stalk (below).

Larvae are also voracious predators, hunting other small and bad (to humans) insects (photo below: a larva eating an aphid).  So they are very welcome to gardeners.  As a matter of fact, you can buy lacewing eggs from Amazon.
You may agree that larvae are not good-looking one, but they have genes that program them to become a pretty one shortly.   =°|°=