Stuart McCausland came across this little bundle of lichen with legs, scooting across a crape myrtle tree in his yard. It is a lacewing larva, sometimes called a “junk bug” because of the junk it ...

The larvae of lacewings, of which there are thousands of species, devour just about everything in their path, experts said. De Agostini via Getty Images The delicate-looking flying insects could be ...

Nicknamed “aphid wolves,” lacewings are beneficial insects with a voracious appetite for common pests. These generalist predators consume various prey in their larval and adult stages. Surprisingly, ...

In a group of insects called green lacewings, larvae often make a habit of decorating themselves with bits of vegetation, insect carcasses, or whatever else the young pick up from their surroundings ...

Larvae with extremely inflated trunks, fossilized in amber, are giving zoologists insights into the evolution and lifestyle of early lacewings. Larvae with extremely inflated trunks, fossilized in ...

BONN, Germany, June 24 (UPI) --New amber-encased evidence suggests insects were using costumes, or "invisibility cloaks," to camouflage themselves from predators as early as 100 million years ago.

Chemical defenses of plants not only affect the growth and development of herbivores, but also, indirectly, the next consumers in the food chain. A new study shows that herbivores and their predators ...

One insect I would really like to see in my garden is the lacewing, along with all its life stages, ranging from the beautiful to the beastly. I rarely see the delicate lacewing adult with its ...

If your landscape includes numerous flowers and native shrubs and trees, you probably have beneficial lacewings in your garden. Several species may inhabit the same garden, including large and small ...