Gold Coast Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera)Nymphes myrmeleonides (Blue Eyes Lacewing) Suhpalacsa flavipes (Yellow Owlfly)
Known as the Blue Eyes Lacewing (Nymphes myrmeleonides) is an Australian insect in the order Neuroptera. Other common names include Common Lacewing and Giant Orange Lacewing. It has been found along the east coast of Australia, from Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania.
The Blue Eyes Lacewing pictured here are from the Gold Coast region of Queensland.
The species have a body length of up to 4 cm and a wingspan of up to 11 cm, with each wing ending in a white tip. The larvae of Nymphes myrmeleonides resemble antlions and construct pit traps by burrowing into loose soil.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Neuroptera
- Superfamily: Myrmeleontoidea
- Family: Nymphidae
- Genus: Nymphes
- Species: Nymphes myrmeleonoides
Footnote & References
- Photographs © Stefan Jones
- Nymphes myrmeleonoides Leach, 1814, Blue Eyes Lacewing, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4be483c5-5e70-4143-8c89-86329d146c41
- Blue Eyes Lacewing (Nymphes myrmeleonoides), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/487367-Nymphes-myrmeleonoides
Gold Coast Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera)Nymphes myrmeleonides (Blue Eyes Lacewing) Suhpalacsa flavipes (Yellow Owlfly)
Gold Coast InsectsAntlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Neuroptera) Ants Bees Beetles Bugs (Hemiptera & Heteroptera) Buterflies & Moths Flies (Diptera) Wasps
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