They are often most important when other aphid predators are inactive. In addition to aphids, lacewing larvae feed on mites, thrips, soft scales, lepidopteran eggs and other soft-bodied prey. Green lacewings are predatory as larvae. Even the latter group takes some aphid food and may have higher reproduction when aphids supplement honeydew and pollen. Adults are green with transparent wings having an interconnecting network of fine veins.
Eyes are golden in color.
Adults may often be seen at electric lights during the summer. Adults are attracted by the odor of aphid honeydew and lay their eggs near aphid colonies. Eggs are suspended at the tops of threadlike stalks to protect them from predation by hatching siblings. Females produce 400-500 eggs each. The first abdominal segment is smaller than the second and third, and the body bears many tubercles with bristles.