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🧚 Lacewings & Antlions

Beaded Lacewing

Lomamyia latipennis

About

A small lacewing whose larvae live inside termite nests and prey on the termite workers. Adults have distinctive beaded wing venation.

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Did You Know?

Beaded lacewing larvae immobilize termites by releasing a toxic gas from their abdomen before consuming them.