• 🐋 Color 🍁 ♀@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    It’s a green lacewing! It’s also known as a “stinkfly” since it produces a foul odour when threatened! I learned that the hard way when I had one of these in my bathroom and humanely got it out of there

  • fetter@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    Lacewing! Super beneficial insect! I try to grow them every year in my garden. They eat aphids and other pests on plants. It’s a friend :)

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        6 months ago

        You don’t really plant them, you get eggs on little strips of paper that you hang on your plants. Super easy!

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          6 months ago

          You can also plant lots of pollen producing plants or borage to help lacewings thrive. And of course don’t use pesticides

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    6 months ago

    Lacewing. They are the adult form of antlions and similar.

    The larvae are really good at muncu BG pests.

    These are friends.