The adults are slender green or yellowish - green. Lacewing eggs are placed singly on a slender thread-like stem that is attached to leaves or stems of the cotton plant. The adults of some species are predaceous on moth eggs, but the larvae are the most effective predators. Lacewing larvae consume as many as 42 bollworm eggs per day. Larva Adult Back to top Ground Beetles - Several Species Ground beetles are common in damp places.
Adults are predaceous, feeding primarily at night.
They feed on bollworms, cutworms, wireworms, and other lepidopterous larvae. They have been observed climbing the cotton plant to feed on bollworm moths and larvae. Several species of ground beetles occur in cotton fields. Several different lady beetles are common in cotton fields, including the spotted lady beetle and the convergent lady beetle. Both the larvae and adult stages are beneficial.