Nanny Aphid?

salden · Post by **salden** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 5:20 am

Not sure, but this "thing" has been "babysitting" the little Aphids ever since they first appeared in my garden.

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:16 am

Most attentively, I would think! This looks to me like a side shot of an unusually hairless, plumped-tight, ready to molt aphid lion -- a lacewing larva. That sucked-dry husk near its posterior might not be just a coincidence.

Nice shot!

--Rik

salden · Post by **salden** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:22 am

umm.... according to your link, they actually eat the little guys, not take care of them