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earwig on roids [macro]

Postby Big Red on Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:02 pm

this thing looks like an earwig with a blown up body...
if those are its legs they must be pretty useless as they don't reach the ground all the way round :lol:

its about 10mm long and sitting on a gum leaf.

maybe its pregnant and just about to drop a bundle ??

edit: rel tells me its a lacewing larvae 8)
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Postby TonyT on Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:15 pm

Thanks alot

I was eating lunch

But not now :x
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Postby Laurie on Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:16 pm

that is ew.
i hate bugs
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Postby blacknstormy on Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:31 pm

Dag - it is a lacewing larvae :) Just a baby :)
The jaws at the front (what you likened to the tail end of an earwig) are pretty powerful, and are used to hold their prey while they, well, pretty much suck them dry :) The stalks that you refer to will eventually get 'stuff' stuck to them (like bits of the insects they ate etc), and provide pretty effective camouflage, as well as providing some defense :)
Cool huh?
This is a link to a poster I did on lacewing, not the same species, but you get the idea :)
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Postby Big Red on Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:41 pm

thanks Rel ... i've bookmarked your site for future reference 8)
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Postby Handlebars on Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:45 pm

Cool bug! looks kind of cute :?
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