Traits: Green or brown insect with large, clear wings with netlike veins; small head with large eyes and chewing mouthparts; long antennae

Habitat: Leaves of trees and shrubs; eggs are attached to a leaf by a thread the female forms. Larvae spin cocoons.

Foods: Adults eat pollen, nectar, and aphid honeydew. Larvae prey on mites, aphids, and other insects.

Eaten by: Thrushes, warblers, chickadees, kinglets, hornets, dragonflies, bats, shrews

Do You Know? Green lacewings have glands on their bodies that emit foul odors when the insect is handled.