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382 COLLEGE ENTOMOLOGY
laying their white or pale-green eggs on long slender stalks, which often bend
under the weight of the burdens. The eggs may be laid singly or in groups of
20 or more on plants or other objects. The European species, Chrysopa flava
FlO. 133. CHRYSOPIDAI. A, mature and B, 1st instar lame of the North American
golden eye or green lacewing, Chrysopa ocu/ata Say (after Smith, 1922) i C, adult European
pearly lacewing, ChrJsopa perla (Linn.).
(Scopoli), joins the stalks of many eggs into a common bundle from which the
eggs radiate at the top.
Upon emergence from the eggs, the larvre rest awhile on the swinging shells
and then descend to take up a roving htmter's life. For this pursuit they are