Tiny Lacewing
Ventral
Ellura
Small-footed Brown Lacewing
Male, profile
 
                      
Small-footed Brown Lacewing (Carobius pedicellatus)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Net-winged Insects (Neuroptera)
Family: Brown Lacewing (Hemerobiidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Small-footed Brown Lacewing (Carobius pedicellatus)
This Photo:     Male, dorsal

Thank you Matt Campbell, Ken Harris & Vladislav Grigorenko for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
1st Live Photo on-line:
~5mm long, came to night light.
The wing venation is asymmetric, making it difficult to use only venation to id these.

Copyright © 2021-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 15-Apr-2021
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.