Tiny Lacewing: Profile

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Net-winged Insects (Neuroptera)

Family:

Dusty Lacewing (Coniopterygidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Tiny Lacewing (Heteroconis maculata)

This Photo:

Profile

Thank you Ken Harris for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
1st Live Photo on-line:
With only ~2mm body & head length, with a wingspan of only ~5mm, this little insect is easy to miss!

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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