These insects differ from the somewhat similar Chrysopidae ( green lacewings ) not only by the usual coloring but also by the wing venation : hemerobiids differ from chrysopids in having numerous long veins ( two or more radial sectors ) and forked mimic dead leaves.
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The common name "'lacewings "'is often used for the most widely known net-winged insects the green lacewings ( Chrysopidae ) but actually most members of the Neuroptera are referred to as some sort of " lacewing ".
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Maurice and Catherine Tauber, husband-and-wife entomologists at the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, have shown that they could provide farmers with a ready supply of a valuable predator, the common green lacewing, a devourer of destructive aphids and caterpillars.
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Insects that attack aphids include predatory Coccinellidae ( lady bugs or ladybirds ), hoverfly larvae ( Diptera : Syrphidae ), parasitic wasps, aphid midge larvae, " aphid lions " ( the larvae of green lacewings ), and lacewings ( Neuroptera : Chrysopidae ), and arachnids such as crab spiders.
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For example, the southern European " Chrysoperla mediterranea " looks almost identical to its northern relative " C . carnea " ( Common Green Lacewing ), but their courtship " songs " are very different; individuals of one species will not react to the other's vibrations.
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For example, the southern European " Chrysoperla mediterranea " looks almost identical to its northern relative " C . carnea " ( common green lacewing ), but their courtship " songs " are very different; individuals of one species will not react to the other's vibrations.
