Piotr Naskrecki / Spoonwing (Nemeura sp), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Andres M. Dominguez / Spoonwing / Thread-winged antlion (Nemoptera bipennis) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain. July

Nick Upton / Thread-winged lacewing / Spoonwing lacewing (Nemoptera sinuata) feeding on Cretan oregano flowers (Origanum onites), Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, May.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Larva of thread-wing lacewing (Dielocroce hebraea) These insects are found only inside desert caves, usually buried in the fine dust on the cave's floor waiting for unsuspecting soft-bodied prey insec...

MYN / Gil Wizen / Cocoon of thread-wing lacewing (Dielocroce hebraea) Negev Desert, Israel, June. Meetyourneighbours.net project. Taken with digital focus stacking.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Larva of thread-wing lacewing (Dielocroce hebraea) found only inside desert caves, usually buried in the fine dust, Negev Desert, Israel, June. Meetyourneighbours.net project. Taken with digital focus...

Duncan Usher / Thread Lacewing (Nemoptera coa) mature imago resting on thistle, Bulgaria

Nick Upton / Thread-winged / Spoonwing lacewing / antlion (Nemoptera sinuata) resting on a grass stem, Lesbos/ Lesvos, Greece, May.

Nick Upton / Thread-winged / Spoonwing lacewing / antlion (Nemoptera sinuata) feeding on pollen and nectar from Oxeye daisy flower (Leucanthemum vulgare) near the coast, with the sea in the background, Lesbos / Le...

Nick Upton / Thread-winged / Spoonwing lacewing / antlion (Nemoptera sinuata) resting on a grass stem, Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, May.

Nick Upton / Thread-winged / Spoonwing lacewing / antlion (Nemoptera sinuata) feeding from Oxeye daisy flower (Leucanthemum vulgare), Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, May.

Nick Upton / Thread-winged / Spoonwing lacewing / antlion (Nemoptera sinuata) feeding on pollen and nectar from Oxeye daisy flower (Leucanthemum vulgare), Lesbos / Lesvos, Greece, May.