Lace-winged fly eggs

Gardens, agricultural fields, and wooded areas, typically found on the undersides of leaves or on sturdy stems.

Eggs do not consume food. Upon hatching, the larvae (Green Lacewings) are voracious predators of aphids, mites, and scale insects.

Females lay eggs on individual silken stalks to keep them isolated from predators and to prevent newly hatched larvae from cannibalizing unhatched siblings.

Highly beneficial to the ecosystem and agriculture as natural pest control agents; they pose no risk to humans or pets.