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Old 09-01-2011, 01:02 AM
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Found it!!!



You can relax!
It is the larva of a Green Lacewing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33119087@N02/3485196974/

http://wildparty.typepad.com/home/in...a-chrysopidae/

"Some lacewing larvae cover themselves with a defensive "trash package" of debris that makes them unappealing to predators. Often the materials are the remains of the aphids, scale insects, thripses, or other tiny soft-bodied insects that the lacewing larvae prey on."

"This is a larva of a green lacewing Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). They are general predators on other soft-bodied arthropods, and thus usually considered beneficial. Like many biting insects, they occasionally will 'sample' a human for no apparent reason, but their bite is harmless."

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