Virtual Exhibit on Canada´s Biodiversity

	Metamorphoses: complete North American Families: 13 North American Species: over 300	Neuroptera Lacewings Feeding Habits: Most larvae are predaceous on small insects, some feed on freshwater sponges and others are parasitic in the egg sacs of spiders. Most adults are predaceous.
	Description: Lacewings are soft-bodied insects with characteristic wing venation. They have four membranous wings with many cross veins and extra branches of the longitudinal veins. The front and hind wings are similar in shape and venation and are usually held roof-like over the body at rest. The antennae are long with many segments. Lacewings have chewing mouthparts.
	Comments: Adults are weak fliers and are found in many different habitats from forests to open fields to margins of water bodies.

	Families in this Order
	Chrysopidae: Common lacewings Size: 10 to 20 mm North American Species: 87
	Hemerobiidae: Brown lacewings Size: 6 to 15 mm North American Species: 58
	Myrmeliontidae: Antlions Size: to mm North American Species: 89