CLOSED: cannot identify! this came off a dress from the store

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sterhill Atlanta, GA(Zone 7b) Apr 21, 2015

I was trying on a dress I just bought, took it off to hem and saw this crawling on me - never seen one like this before. About 3/8" long. Looked all over but did not find another one. Put the dress in a zip lock to see if any more emerge. Went through the bug guides and still no luck. Could have come in from Asia? Creepy!

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Apr 21, 2015

This is a larva of an insect known as a lacewing, they are very beneficial predators on aphids and other small, soft-bodied insects. It likely wandered indoors accidentally. See http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/NE/green_lacewing.html

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sterhill Atlanta, GA(Zone 7b) Apr 21, 2015

Thanks ever so much!

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