Brown pine lacewing

Hemerobius stigma · Order: Neuroptera · Family: Hemerobiidae

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Brown pine lacewing
Photo: Dan MacNeal, CC BY

Hemerobius stigma is a brown lacewing species in the family Hemerobiidae. It lives in Europe, northern Asia (but not China), and North America.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Hemerobius stigma belongs to the brown lacewing family Hemerobiidae.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

This lacewing is found across Europe and northern Asia, excluding China, as well as in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range includes Europe, northern Asia (excluding China), and North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 48 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Virginia, California, Texas, North Carolina, Maryland, South Carolina, Alabama, Massachusetts.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Brown pine lacewing photo 3
Photo: Dan MacNeal, CC BY
Brown pine lacewing photo 4
Photo: Dan MacNeal, CC BY
Brown pine lacewing photo 5
Photo: W Rao, CC BY
Brown pine lacewing photo 6
Photo: W Rao, CC BY

Same family (Hemerobiidae)

Micromus posticusMicromus posticusMicromus posticusTasmanian Brown LacewingTasmanian Brown LacewingMicromus tasmaniaeAustralian Variable LacewingAustralian Variable LacewingDrepanacra binoculaNusalala tessellataNusalala tessellataNusalala tessellata

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemerobius_stigma

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.

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