The Brown Lacewing is a small, delicate insect with brown mottled wings held tent-like over its body, providing excellent camouflage against bark. Like its green relatives, both larvae and adults are voracious aphid predators and play an important role in biological pest control. It is attracted to lights at night and more commonly encountered indoors than green lacewings.
Best time to see a Brown Lacewing
The best time to see a Brown Lacewing is March–June, when about 61% of U.S. sightings happen, based on 62 research-grade iNaturalist observations.
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