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The foam serves a number of purposes. It hides the nymph from the view of predators and parasites, and it insulates against heat and cold, thus providing thermal control and also moisture control; without the foam, the insect would risk dehydration.
Red-lipped Green Lacewing (Chrysoperla rufilabris) larva. C. rufilabris are distinguished from other members of the genus found in North America by the broadly red genae, pointed apex of the fore wing, black gradate crossveins, and spinellae on the male genitalia.
The larvae may also occasionally bite humans, possibly out of either aggression or hunger. [3] Therefore, the larvae are colloquially known as "aphid lions" (also spelled "aphidlions") or "aphid wolves", similar to the related antlions. Their senses are weakly developed, except that they are very sensitive to touch.
Chrysoperla carnea, one of the species of common green lacewing, [1] [2] is an insect in the Chrysopidae family. Although the adults feed on nectar, pollen and aphid honeydew, the larvae are active predators and feed on aphids and other small insects.
Cercopidae are the largest family of Cercopoidea, a xylem-feeding insect group, commonly called froghoppers. [2] They belong to the hemipteran suborder Auchenorrhyncha.A 2023 phylogenetic study of the family suggested the elevation of subfamily Ischnorhininae to full family status as Ischnorhinidae, leaving a monophyletic Cercopinae.
Larvae are predators, mainly feeding on Aphididae, Coccidae species and caterpillars (Pieris brassicae, Autographa gamma). [6] The adult insects hibernate in winter. [5]
The Berothidae are a family of winged insects of the order Neuroptera.They are known commonly as the beaded lacewings. [1] The family was first named by Anton Handlirsch in 1906. [2]
Lac tubes created by Kerria lacca. Kerria lacca is a species of insect in the family Kerriidae, the lac insects.These are in the superfamily Coccoidea, the scale insects.. This species is perhaps the most commercially important lac insect, being a main source of lac, a resin which can be refined into shellac and other product