The Lacewing fly is an interesting predator

THE OTHER night I was checking the patio lights to see what species of moths had been drawn to them.

But the first thing I found was an interesting insect that wasn’t a moth.

It had a pale green body with black markings, a bit over a centimetre long, and four very large wings folded over its body like a tent. The wings were transparent, iridescent and quite heavily veined. The whole insect had a rather fragile appearance.