And the limelight heads for... WES WADA from OREGON!!! I was ready for a long night on the web, searching through thousands of caddis species, but now I can go to sleep... knowing that the "alien caddis" I saw was in fact a Green Lacewing.
Good pictures: www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/green_lacewing.htm Thanks /Nick -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För WadaWorks Skickat: den 2 juli 2005 02:30 Till: [email protected] Ämne: RE: [VFB] Chernobyl Caddis... Sounds like a Green Lacewing, Nic. Didn't see a really good picture on the web so far, but if you do a search, some of the drawings might confirm the i.d. Wes Wada Bend, Oregon >What did it look like? > >About 2 cm's long and had the wings of a caddis, folded back "tent >style" when resting. No real color on them, but very(!) transclusent. >You could >easily see its body through them. But the body on this one was bright >green >and fairly slim, kind of "damsel slim" (no real tapering). > >I haven't got a PhD in entomology (just in Jestery) so I'm asking >you: Have >any of you seen any starving green caddises out there? >
