Insect Order Neuroptera - lacewings
Neuroptera are soft bodied insects of variable size usually with longish antennae. They have biting and chewing mouth parts both as larvae and as adults, though some of the adults do not feed. They generally have 2 pairs of wings, of which the hind pair are usually larger to some extent. The wings are normally held tent-like over their abdomen when not in flight. They have no cerci. They have ten segments to their abdomen and 5 to their tarsi.
They have large compound eyes. Their legs are all similar, except in the mantispidae which have raptorial grasping forelegs. Those adults which feed do so on dead insects, nectar and other liquids. The larvae are all carnivorous. Many of the adults are relatively weak flyers and the larvae of some species attach the empty skins of their prey to backs as a disguise