Description:

• adults have four large glossy net-veined wings
• wings are held together over the thin body
• nearly one inch long
• larvae are called aphidlions
• larvae are elongate and flattened
• widest at the middle with hooked mandibles
• active on long legs
• small white eggs are laid singly on stalks

Prey attacked:

feed on:

• aphids
• and other soft-bodied insects