📸 PhotoPhoto: George Shuklin · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Chrysopa pallens
Chrysopa pallens (Chrysopa pallens · Chrysopa pallens)
Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List yet.
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 It is a predatory natural enemy insect that preys on aphids and scale insect eggs (National List of Species of Korea).
- 💡 On tree leaves, you can see its eggs hanging at the tips of thin stalks (National List of Species of Korea).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
Chrysopa pallens is a pale green lacewing and a natural enemy insect that preys on aphids and scale insect eggs.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Both its body and wing veins are pale green, and its compound eyes have a glossy gold or copper color. The wings are transparent with many veins.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
As a predatory natural enemy, it feeds on aphids and the eggs of scale insects. It flies slowly and lays eggs on leaves by attaching a long, hair-like stalk to the leaf and suspending an egg at the tip.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
According to the National List of Species of Korea, it is distributed in Korea, China, and Japan.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List: not evaluated (NE) — cross-checked with the Wikidata conservation-status entry
- • catalogueoflife.org — 5YR5X
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000130856 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000130856
- • wikidata.org — Q1984586
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Chrysopidae 2007070903.jpg
- • species.nibr.go.kr — mainHome.do
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Darren J. Parker · CC0 1.0 (Congeneric silhouette — Chrysopa)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.