lacewing

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Their natural predators include the praying mantis, lacewing, parasitic wasp, tachnid fly and hover fly.

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  1. noun Any of various insects of the superfamily Hemerobioidea, having four gauzy wings, threadlike antennae, and larvae that feed on insect pests such as aphids.

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