Release the lacewings! The delicate-looking flying insects could be the hard-nosed eating machines bugged out New Yorkers need to combat the aphid apocalypse, experts said. The larvae of the ...

Beneficial Insectary is the only large insectary that has production in the United States (There are a few smaller specialist ...

Lacewings are also available to be purchased online or at garden centers. As soon as larvae hatch, they begin consuming pretty much any soft-bodied insect in their path.

During the age of dinosaurs, small predators with unexpectedly advanced eyes hunted in the darkness roughly 100 million years ago. The tiny creatures in question were lacewing larvae. Although ...

You want them in your garden because both lacewing adults and larvae are major predators of aphids and other soft-bodied insects.

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

Yes, it is theirs. It’s so cute!? And so hungry. Each lacewing larva devours hundreds of aphids and other orchard pests each week. It liquefies their insides and slurps them up.

The green lacewing is one of the many insects that undergo complete metamorphosis. After hatching from eggs that hang on stalks (left), the vicious larvae (center) prey on other small insects before ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. You want them in your garden because both lacewing adults and larvae are major predators of aphids and other soft-bodied insects.

Lacewings are also available to be purchased online or at garden centers. As soon as larvae hatch, they begin consuming pretty much any soft-bodied insect in their path.