Green Lacewing
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Ellura
Large Eyed Green Lacewing
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Large Eyed Green Lacewing (Mallada sp)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Net-winged Insects (Neuroptera)
Family: Green Lacewing (Chrysopidae)
Species: Large Eyed Green Lacewing (Mallada sp)
This Photo:     Dorsal, ~8mm

Thank you Ken Harris for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
This species has incredibly long antennae.
Ken Harris said "Probably Mallada signatus, but the colour is just a bit different from most that I have seen".

Copyright © 2016-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 20-Dec-2016
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.