Lacewings are pretty common in Arizona and I found another lacewing larva last week. (Check previous posts about the life cycle of lacewings).
![lacewing larva](https://i0.wp.com/growingwithscience.com/lacelarvasilk.jpg?resize=320%2C215)
This lacewing was walking on the silk cocoon of a moth. You can just see the outline of the pale green moth pupa under the white strands of silk of the cocoon. I think the lacewing larva was trying to get inside, without much luck.
![lacewing larva](https://i0.wp.com/growingwithscience.com/lacelarvaside.jpg?resize=320%2C250)
See its long jaws? I think it might be the larva of a brown lacewing, rather than a green lacewing, because it looks a bit different. The brown lacewing adult has brown wings, hence the name. They aren’t as fragile-looking as the green lacewing and we tend to find them more often in the colder months.