There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Amazon sells 1,000 Green Lacewing eggs for $14.99.
Wikipedia tells me that adults are nocturnal. Perhaps that explains why this 1/2-inch specimen awaited me to the left of my front door yesterday, late afternoon, just as evening descended. A clever insect, the lacewing eats garden pests, explaining why you can buy them so easily online.
What the sales slip won't tell you is this: the tiny flyer with delicate-looking wings belongs to the insect order Neuroptera, which first appeared 1,000,000,000 years ago.
Delicate?
Hardly.
Charming?
Indeed.
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