The winners of the 2011 Nikon International Small World photography contest were announced Tuesday (Oct. 4), with the winning photograph of a green lacewing larva taken by Igor Siwanowicz of the ...

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 ...

Female lacewings lay individual eggs near aphid colonies, or on leaves well-populated with other soft-bodied insects. Each egg is raised from the leaf surface by a slender stalk. Females can lay ...

Look who’s arrived, a baby! 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 an ...

Here are more facts from the University of Minnesota on lacewings: --Green lacewing larvae, also known as "aphid lions," possess excellent searching qualities, exhibit high dispersal ability and ...

Green lacewings are delicate green insects with large, lace-like wings that live in a wide variety of habitats, especially tropical forests. Adults mostly feed on flowers, but the larvae are ...