In a dense Sequoia forest where the darkness is broken by only a single solarbeam, a #Caihong curiously inspects a #Kalligrammatid, seeing a face not unlike its own staring back from the strange insect's transparent wings.

Although kalligrammatids superficially look like butterflies, these #Jurassic insects are in fact #Lacewings! This means their wings, which in Kalligramma brachyrhyncha's case seem to have mimicked a maniraptoran face, were transparent!

#paleoart #MyArt #dinosaur #insect

This sent me down a whole rabbit hole of #lacewings vs #antlions vs #mayflies...
Not a scientist (clearly)
Nice to know that mayflies are in huge clouds only over very clean, highly oxygenated water because their lifecycle means they spend much of it in the water.

Anyway ... "The world is so full of a number of things, I am sure we should all be as happy as kings!" ~~R.L. Stevenson

#insects #surfingtheweb

https://phys.org/news/2023-02-rare-insect-arkansas-walmart-historic.html

Just found this absolute beauty on my bathroom door. I think it’s some sort of lace wing but if anyone can identify properly it I’d be very grateful.

#Insect #Insects #Moths #Butterflies #Nature #LaceWings

The Green #Lacewings are out in New Orleans. Multiple species, all looking fabulous with their lacey green wings, some floating like tiny green angels through the air and others resting on surfaces waiting to be admired.