It took several tries and a 6 diopter lens, but I finally got this photograph of a Lacewing egg! Note the thin white stalk that the egg is hanging from.
(a.k.a. "trashbug") during a nature awareness class. These larvae camouflage themselves by attaching bits of lichen or even the skins of their prey on their backs. This one may have dead Hemlock Wooly Adelgids attached to it. I've seen these insects crawling about among other white aphids, well camouflaged (with the skins of dead aphids) and able to eat their fill. Talk about a "wolf in sheep's clothing!"
This Leafminer sure made a mess out of this oak leaf!
