“A long, thin, greenish line up to 100 mm long, with a small blob at one
end.” That’s a lacewing a member of the family Chrysopidae according to Mark
Hostetler’s guide to the insects that visitors to Florida are really likely to
encounter: those that hit the windshields of their cars. A doctoral student of
entomology at the University of Florida, Hostetler provides colour drawings of
how 24 species look after they go splat, but describes their biology and offers
tips for collecting and experimenting with them in That Gunk on Your Car: A
Unique Guide to Insects of the United States ($1o plus postage from the
author at hos@zoo.ufl.edu).
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