Question: What are these "creatures"
emerging from this pencil
eraser-size tree moss?
Answer: The creature pictured here is
a green lacewing nymph using
moss as camouflage. Being a beneficial insect, lacewings
feed on
aphids, mealybugs and just about anything else they can
capture. The
"claw" is its sickle-shaped mandibles.
Nathan Riggs, Bexar County Entomologist
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