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Brown lacewings
IPM scouting in woody landscape plants > brown lacewings
Brown lacewing adults are smaller and brown in color, but otherwise similar to green lacewings. Eggs aren’t borne on stalks. Larvae have similar food preferences but don’t carry the remains of their victims on their backs.

Additional information
This information was developed from A Pocket IPM Scouting Guide for Woody Landscape Plants by Diane Brown-Rytlewski. Purchase this in a pocket-sized guide for reference in the orchard from MSU Extension (publication E-2839).
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Updated 7/11/07