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Lacewing! Super beneficial insect! I try to grow them every year in my garden. They eat aphids and other pests on plants. It’s a friend :)
How deep do you plant them? I might try growing some too.
You don’t really plant them, you get eggs on little strips of paper that you hang on your plants. Super easy!
You can also plant lots of pollen producing plants or borage to help lacewings thrive. And of course don't use pesticides
It's a green lacewing! It's also known as a "stinkfly" since it produces a foul odour when threatened! I learned that the hard way when I had one of these in my bathroom and humanely got it out of there
You were rescuing it and it felt threatened? stupid bugs.
To give him/her credit, I must've appeared like one of the Titans from Attack on Titan 😂
Dude they're insects. They're not smart enough to know the difference. Most animals aren't smart enough to know the difference.
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Doesn't seem to happen when they get squashed.
Please don't kill these insects. While these only eat pollen, their larvae are highly carnivorous and will eat tons of pests.
As with most insects, it pretty much always depends on how convenient / inconvenient it is to capture & release them at the time of finding them. If it is very late and they sit in a bad spot then I'm not gonna go through the hassle. If they release some stink bomb shit when feeling threatened then I'm even less inclined to do so.