Debris-carrying green lacewing larvae (family Chrysopidae) John H. Downs Memorial Park, Anne Arundel County, MD FACTOID: These guys cover themselves with pieces of their prey (this is possibly mealybug wax) and sometimes from trichomes (hairlike projections on the surface of leaves). The debris provides camouflage and a physical defense against predators, and is used to cover their cocoons.
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From Other Insects
![Silver-spotted skippers love the purple loosestrife (<i>Lythrum salicaria</i>) <span class="nonNative">[non-native invasive]</span>
McKee-Beshers Wildlife Mgt Area, Poolesville, MD](https://photos.smugmug.com/Photo-Galleries/All-Geographic-Areas/All-Insects-1/i-gVtWMG7/0/158fd1f4/Ti/2010_P1030499-Ti.jpg)
![Silver-spotted skippers love the purple loosestrife (<i>Lythrum salicaria</i>) <span class="nonNative">[non-native invasive]</span>
McKee-Beshers Wildlife Mgt Area, Poolesville, MD](https://photos.smugmug.com/Photo-Galleries/All-Geographic-Areas/All-Insects-1/i-wkJCzxc/0/e98ae9b0/Ti/2010_P1030491-Ti.jpg)
![Great spangled fritillary in mile-a-minute <span class="nonNative">[non-native invasive vine]</span>
Rachel Carson Conservation Park, Brookeville, MD](https://photos.smugmug.com/Photo-Galleries/All-Geographic-Areas/All-Insects-1/i-XMkDkFZ/0/a0b65342/Ti/2010_P1010876a-Ti.jpg)
![Great spangled fritillary in mile-a-minute <span class="nonNative">[non-native invasive vine]</span>
Rachel Carson Conservation Park, Brookeville, MD](https://photos.smugmug.com/Photo-Galleries/All-Geographic-Areas/All-Insects-1/i-NNQVTfq/0/448c76a8/Ti/2010_P1010876-Ti.jpg)
![Nodding thistle (<i>Carduus nutans</i>) bracts after blooming <span class="nonNative">[non-native]</span>
Rachel Carson Conservation Park, Brookeville, MD](https://photos.smugmug.com/Photo-Galleries/All-Geographic-Areas/All-Insects-1/i-tSWj5hH/4/2591354d/Ti/2010_P1010784-Ti.jpg)
