What might I expect to hatch from these?
June 10, 2013 7:14 PM Subscribe
Cleaning my balcony yesterday, I overturned a bench to find these small eggs attached by a fine, stiff filament • • • • (or if not egg sacs, what, fungus maybe?). I'd like to know what will be issuing from them. I'm in Sydney, Australia.
Response by poster: That was fast! Nice one, Cold Lurkey. Definite keepers:
They have small spines on their backs upon which they impale the remains of prey. This provides a form of camouflage and allows the larvae to appear inconspicuous amongst the prey.posted by unliteral at 7:48 PM on June 10, 2013
Lacewing larvae are particularly effective at controlling aphids and can consume 60 aphids in an hour. They will also attack mealybugs, greenhouse whitefly, thrips, twospotted mite, small caterpillars and moth eggs.
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Edited to add, as it's Australian, it's either going to be spectacular and dreadfully poisonous, or just spectacular, or just poisonous.
posted by Cold Lurkey at 7:20 PM on June 10, 2013