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#134443 10/24/2004 8:18 PM
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http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/green_lacewing.htm

Lovely insect, larvae used in eating aphids and other garden pests, and 'lacewing' is a good word to play in Scrabble.


#134444 02/10/2005 2:12 AM
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Here is the green lacewing's head magnified many times:

http://www.uglybug.org/bug98/images/OU/OU33.jpg

It reminds me of a fly's head.


#134445 02/10/2005 11:02 AM
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