Comments on: The mystery of the white lacewing http://calevphoto.com/2008/11/13/the-mystery-of-the-white-lacewing/ Photographing the Earth, one millimeter at a time… Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:28:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Alex http://calevphoto.com/2008/11/13/the-mystery-of-the-white-lacewing/comment-page-1/#comment-476 Alex Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:41:54 +0000 http://calevphoto.com/2008/11/13/the-mystery-of-the-white-lacewing/#comment-476 This is an insect that we use to stump the students in some of the Entomology classes I've taught. Most students have a tough time even figuring out what order it belongs to, because the wing venation is much reduced compared with more "typical" members of the order. But you've nailed it. It is a lacewing of sorts, in the family Coniopterygidae. They white coating is a wax produced by the insect itself. This is an insect that we use to stump the students in some of the Entomology classes I’ve taught. Most students have a tough time even figuring out what order it belongs to, because the wing venation is much reduced compared with more “typical” members of the order.

But you’ve nailed it. It is a lacewing of sorts, in the family Coniopterygidae. They white coating is a wax produced by the insect itself.

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