Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Lacewing

A tiny Lacewing insect species, seen during a day of botanizing at Patrick Brennan's ranch on 25th July. There are four or so species of Lacewings in Alberta, but I'm not sure which particular one this is. Lacewings are predators, eating mostly aphids. John Acorn, in his book "Bugs of Alberta", describes them as "beautiful, smelly and mean". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysopidae

Oops, I was hoping that this photo might look a bit sharper on Fickr, but I guess I just missed focussing on the Lacewing. Steve, a Professor down in the States, who is working at the University of Calgary's Barrier Lake Centre for the summer, took us on a butterfly walk on Sunday. This was one of the tiny insects we saw during this walk at the Open House.

I'm running late with posting today : ) Spent a couple of hours this afternoon shooting Coots. Yes, Coots - but it felt SO good to finally see any kind of bird close enough to photograph it. And I like Coots, LOL. Also saw Scaup, Ruddy Ducks, Northern Shovelers, Yellow-headed and Red-winged Blackbirds (too far away) and the usual Canada Geese, Mallards, etc.. On the way home, I called in to see the family of Great Horned Owls in Fish Creek Park - a relief to see three little fuzzy heads sticking up above the edge of the cavity. Our recent rain, snow and very strong winds had not harmed these little guys, thank goodness. Carolyn and Joe - it was nice meeting you : ) Searched on Google, but couldn't find a butterfly with exactly the same pattern on its underside as this one. I think it may be some kind of Lacewing, though. Couldn't do anything about the ugly background, unfortunately : ) Love to see a newly emerged butterfly in all its bright colours, and I think this one is so pretty.

Found this little guy on the wall leading down to my basement. This is an enlarged photo of it - the actual insect was only small. I like its colour and its veined wings. Wondering if it is some kind of Lacewing.