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Lacewing Carnage: Smashed for entering home

Posted by bugman September 7th, 2009 at 11:10 am

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Neuropterans: Lacewings, Antlions, and Owlflies

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Blue bug with translucent wings
September 6, 2009
I was laying in bed with the TV on at night and my cats kept indicating there was a bug (they usually meow a certain way). I looked at the ceiling and could see the shadow of some sort of flying bug. I turned the light on and the bug was not there. I looked hard for it and couldn’t find it. I turned the light and a minute later the cats were freaking out again. I looked up and there was the shadow. I turned the light on again and I could not see it. So I stood on the bed and looked closer at where the shadow at been. There was a small flying bug, about an inch long and maybe 2 inches or width, with almost translucent blue/green wings. I killed it immediately but it was odd b/c I’ve never seen anything like that.
Marti
SW Missouri (Ozark, MO)

Lacewing smashed for no reason

Lacewing smashed for no reason

Dear Marti,
This Lacewing is a harmless, beneficial predator and it did not deserve to be smashed for entering your home.

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