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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
Lacewing-Fly
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The name given to neuropterous insects of the families Hemerobiidae and Chrysopidae, related to the antlions, scorpion-flies, &c., with long filiform antennae, longish bodies and two pairs of large similar richly veined wings. The larvae are short grubs beset with hair-tufts and tubercles. They feed upon Aphidae or "green fly" and cover themselves with the emptied skins of their prey. Lacewing-flies of the genus Chrysopa are commonly called golden-eye flies.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Lacewing-Fly'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/bri/l/lacewing-fly.html. 1910.