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Definition of Lacewings
1. lacewing [n] - See also: lacewing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lacewings
Literary usage of Lacewings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biological Control of Insects and Mites: An Introduction to Beneficial by Daniel L. Mahr, Nino M. Ridgway (1993)
"Order Neuroptera lacewings, antlions, and others FAMILIES Chrysopidae (green ...
Two families of lacewings provide appreciable benefit to agriculture in the ..."
2. Report of the Commissioners [and Appendices A to S] by Ontario Agricultural Commission, 1880 (1881)
"lacewings and caterpillars do not belong to the class diptera but to neuroptera
and lepidoptera respectively, and the lacewings deserve to rank among oar ..."
3. Biennial Report by Kansas State Horticultural Society (1901)
"As the plants wilted the lice perished, and the ladybugs and lacewings had to go
elsewhere in quest of food. These soon spread over the melon patch, ..."
4. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"The larvae of the lacewings are not unlike the ant-lion, although somewhat longer
and narrower in proportion to the size of their bodies, and less hairy. ..."
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