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Brown Lacewings
Hemerobiidae
Hemerobiidae is a family of Neuropteran insects commonly known as brown lacewings, comprising about 500 species in 28 genera. Most are yellow to dark brown, but some species are green. They are small; most have forewings 4–10 mm long (some up to 18 mm). These insects differ from the somewhat similar Chrysopidae (green lacewings) not only by the usual coloring but also by the wing venation: hemerobiids differ from chrysopids in having numerous long veins (two or more...
10 branches of this family, most-observed first
Microminae
subfamilyMicrominae
Hemerobiinae
subfamilyHemerobiinae
Sympherobiinae
subfamilySympherobiinae
Drepanepteryginae
subfamilyDrepanepteryginae
Notiobiellinae
subfamilyNotiobiellinae
Drepanacrinae
subfamilyDrepanacrinae
Megalominae
subfamilyMegalominae
Carobiinae
subfamilyCarobiinae
Zachobiellinae
subfamilyZachobiellinae
Adelphohemerobiinae
subfamilyAdelphohemerobiinae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 118993.