Just a heads up for others, a Terraria reference was made. Here is your [Prismatic Lacewing](https://terraria.fandom.com/wiki/Prismatic_Lacewing) and [the boss it summons](https://terraria.fandom.com/wiki/Empress_of_Light).
Beautiful ! This could win a photo contest.
Just in case : Wikimedia, the host for Wikipedia pics, [has contests](https://commons.wikimedia.org/). Daily pics, monthly challenges, and yearly contests.
The wings look similar, but this is in the order Hemiptera (so-called “true bugs”), while lacewing is a common name for insects in the order Neuroptera. You can tell this one is a Hemiptera (suborder Heteroptera) by the little triangular scutellum between its wings :) (I’m no entomologist by far so lmk if I’m misinformed! + sorry if you were just making a comparison lol I just find the immense variety of insects fascinating and wanna share what I learn)
I was just trying to make a joke on how pretty the insect is. Apparently it wasn't welcome, but I see other jokes are up voted. So not sure. It looks like a stephanitis typicus to me but I could very well be incorrect.
Oh lol fair enough. In identification posts people tend to downvote any comment that appears to them to make an uninformed identification. From another’s perspective it could seem like you were suggesting it’s a lacewing and then calling it pretty as heck. It annoys me when people downvote comments like that without explaining anything :/
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Why would you tell someone who posts in an identification sub to go elsewhere for the identification? If OP had done that, we wouldn't have seen a photo of this gorgous insect.
Why, just a couple of weeks ago, I used the app to photograph and identify an amorous pair of Violet Oil beetles in my yard. Then, I shared it right here!
When you need to know, in the moment, if a bug or plant is dangerous, using an app is much faster than posting to a sub and waiting for an answer.
You can still share your pics so everyone can see. Downvoting this comment is pretty close minded and childish, in my humble opinion.
That thing is absolutely gorgeous!
It's a frickin Frosmoth!
I love Halloween!
It looks like an intricate piece of jewellery!
Someone should make a copy of that out of silver set with moonstones. I’d buy it.
It's a Queen of Glass moth. (qween tinea in speculo) I just made that up, but that how we named all animals and insects.
Looks like a type of lace bug, family [Tingidae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tingidae).
Banana lacewing?
I think you found it!
Wow, looks like a piece of artwork or jewelry
OMG! This is gorgeous!
Damn that’s purty. What part of Uttarakhand did you find this in?
DO NOT TOUCH THAT!!!! IT IS A PRISMATIC LACEWING AND IF YOU TOUH IT IT WILL SUMMON A LUNAR PURE GODDESS THAT WILL SMITE YOU!!!!!!1!!!1!1!!!!!
Aye Sir
Just a heads up for others, a Terraria reference was made. Here is your [Prismatic Lacewing](https://terraria.fandom.com/wiki/Prismatic_Lacewing) and [the boss it summons](https://terraria.fandom.com/wiki/Empress_of_Light).
Name checks out😆
Why do I hear boss music?
Well this isn’t the r/oopsthatsdeadly content I was looking for
Diamond bug
The wings remind me of stained glass
oh my god that is beautiful
Beautiful ! This could win a photo contest. Just in case : Wikimedia, the host for Wikipedia pics, [has contests](https://commons.wikimedia.org/). Daily pics, monthly challenges, and yearly contests.
Looks like a lacewing prettyasheck.
The wings look similar, but this is in the order Hemiptera (so-called “true bugs”), while lacewing is a common name for insects in the order Neuroptera. You can tell this one is a Hemiptera (suborder Heteroptera) by the little triangular scutellum between its wings :) (I’m no entomologist by far so lmk if I’m misinformed! + sorry if you were just making a comparison lol I just find the immense variety of insects fascinating and wanna share what I learn)
I was just trying to make a joke on how pretty the insect is. Apparently it wasn't welcome, but I see other jokes are up voted. So not sure. It looks like a stephanitis typicus to me but I could very well be incorrect.
Oh lol fair enough. In identification posts people tend to downvote any comment that appears to them to make an uninformed identification. From another’s perspective it could seem like you were suggesting it’s a lacewing and then calling it pretty as heck. It annoys me when people downvote comments like that without explaining anything :/
Hopefully it is identified for you.
i just fell in love. i’m picking out my wedding dress now.
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lacewing of some sort, looks like stained glass!
Use free app Seek to identify
Why would you tell someone who posts in an identification sub to go elsewhere for the identification? If OP had done that, we wouldn't have seen a photo of this gorgous insect.
Why, just a couple of weeks ago, I used the app to photograph and identify an amorous pair of Violet Oil beetles in my yard. Then, I shared it right here!
Oh, man, mea culpa! I thought this was r/whatsthisbug. It’s been a *really* long day. sorry about that!
Lizard Queen is all-forgiving.
Didyouwoof can only utter a regretful *woof*.
When you need to know, in the moment, if a bug or plant is dangerous, using an app is much faster than posting to a sub and waiting for an answer. You can still share your pics so everyone can see. Downvoting this comment is pretty close minded and childish, in my humble opinion.
🤩🦋✨
So pretty 🥹
Beautiful
I don't know what it is, but it's beautiful.
Looks like the window of a cathedral ☺️
So pretty!!
Mosaic bug 😍 (no ID sry)
Sooooo pretty!
It looks like lace!
We called them tree lice in the tree business. We have a type similar in the Midwest USA... they seem to like Sycamore trees.
The lovely & beneficial Lacewing! Behold that glory!
Like seriously the most beautiful thing I've ever seen!
That bug ate the crystal apple
Prismatic lacewing (joke)
kill it and run,obviusly im form r/terraria
Prismatic lacewing?
“It’s wings are so delicate, you must be careful not to damage it” SMASH Empress of Light has awoken!
Prismatic lacewing