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Littlebotweak t1_jai8kur wrote

Reply to comment by squarepeg0000 in Giant Jurassic-era insect rediscovered outside Walmart in Arkansas by Hamsternoir

Giant in this context is relative.

Lacewings are quite small, 25mm. Giant lacewings are up to 65mm or so. Over twice the size of other lacewings. That’s giant. 😁

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Parzivus t1_jaiorc9 wrote

65mm is pretty big for a bug, thing probably looks like a dragonfly

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64557175 t1_jaiu6rn wrote

Lacewings are a gardener's delight! Their larvae are known as aphid lions, they are fierce predators.

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dontneedaknow t1_jakpnsc wrote

Ant-lions? same?

I used to watch them as a kid... imagined them as mini sand worms, and they are kinda scary looking in reference books lol.

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zeromeasure t1_jal58m6 wrote

But what exactly makes them Ohio’s natural enemies? I’m picturing a bunch of angry people in a bar in Cleveland collectively grumbling about how much they hate this particular family of bugs.

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