CalevPhoto » white http://calevphoto.com Photographing the Earth, one millimeter at a time… Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:49:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The mystery of the white lacewing http://calevphoto.com/2008/11/13/the-mystery-of-the-white-lacewing/ http://calevphoto.com/2008/11/13/the-mystery-of-the-white-lacewing/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:24:23 +0000 http://calevphoto.com/2008/11/13/the-mystery-of-the-white-lacewing/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Very often as I follow the insects and other small creatures in my backyard, I come across a mystery.  These aren’t truly mysteries, as I’m sure someone knows the answer, but in my research I am unable to find an answer as to why things are.

Take for example, this lacewing that I found recently in my backyard.

This lacewing appears to be dead.  It has grown pale white and has some ‘stuff’ on it.  In cases like this, I do not know truly what has happened but I can comment on what I have observed.

First, it appears that the time of year does not affect when this phenomenon occurs.  The picture above was taken on October 25th.  The following picture was taken on April 23rd.

This appears to be the same phenomenon and the same type of insect.  It also occurred in very nearly the same place in the yard – a large rhodendron bush on the size of our house.  Also, both subjects were around the same height – about five feet from the ground.  However, it’s likely that I just happened to look in the same spot.

I believe that this is a lacewing – though I have wrongly identified insects a number of times before.

So if anyone has any ideas with this mystery, please let me know!

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