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Brown lacewing - Hemerobiidae About 8-9 mm long. Most probably Micromus sp. Animal,Animalia,Arthropoda,Brown lacewing,Bulgaria,Europe,Geotagged,Hemerobiidae,Insect,Insecta,Micromus,Nature,Net-winged insect,Neuroptera,Sofia,Summer,Wildlife Click/tap to enlarge

Brown lacewing - Hemerobiidae

About 8-9 mm long. Most probably Micromus sp.

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    Pudding4brains
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    Hi Jivko,
    It's certainly a Micromus, but I would actually think it to be Micromus angulatus. Fauna Europaea doesn't list that species for Bulgaria and the veins are not entirely crispy sharp in the image, but it really looks like only 4 veins in the radius sector.     Posted 8 years ago
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    I've added a few images of other Micromus spp. for you to compare. The three species that look a lot alike are Micromus angulatus, lanosus and paganus. Fauna Europaea lists lanosus and paganus for Bulgaria, but not angulatus. Nevertheless yours might very well be the latter. M. lanosus and paganus have 5 longitudinal veins below the radius, whereas angulatus only has 4.
    Micromus angulatus ID Some characters to identify Micromus angulatus.<br /> Full view of critter here:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/52128/micromus_angulatus.html Hemerobiidae,Micromus,Micromus angulatus,Neuroptera

    Micromus lanosus for Jivko :o) Horrible image of Micromus lanosus (I must have misplaced the better series of images) just to indicate the difference in wing veination vs. Micromus angulatus to help explain with the ID on this one:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/52042/brown_lacewing_-_hemerobiidae.html Hemerobiidae,Micromus,Micromus lanosus,Neuroptera

    M. lanosus is also much paler, but paganus can be a bit more like angulatus in colour. Due to reflections and veins in the hind wing showing through it is not always easy to distinguish the veins in the fore wing properly, so maybe you could compare with more of your other images ...
    To properly have the species recorded for Bulgaria you would probably need to catch a specimen and send it in to an expert (maybe to the Aspöcks?).
    Cheers, Arp     Posted 8 years ago
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      Jivko Nakev
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      Arp, thanks for the help. Both M. angulatus and M. paganus could be the right identification. Despite the fact that the Fauna Europaea doesn't list M. angulatus for Bulgaria, the distribution of this species across Europe indicates that the probability of being distributed here is very high.
      Unfortunately I was not lucky with this lacewing - photos made at artificial light with direct flash. The best one (awful quality!) uploaded here. I hope I'll have chance to make better photos of this tiny creature.
      So for now I leave things as they are.
      Thanks again
      Jivko       Posted 8 years ago
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        Pudding4brains
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        Hi Jivko, yes I understand - fine of course :o) But now you know of what you may try to get a sharp photo next time. Not easy at all, as the wings tend to make things difficult with many reflections and veins from the hind wings showing through.
        Cheers! Arp         Posted 8 years ago

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Uploaded Jul 9, 2017. Captured Jul 7, 2017 21:34 in bul. "Gotse Delchev" 27, 1612 ж.к. Белите брези, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II
  • f/18.0
  • 1/250s
  • ISO250
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.