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Citrus Mealybug Predator
 
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Blue Eyes Lacewing
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Myrmeleontidae
Myrmeleontinae 
Orange Antlion
Common Brown Antlion
Angular-wing Lacewing
Mottled Brown Lacewing
Banded Lacewing
Brown Line Lacewing
Slender Brown Lacewing
Mottled Black Lacewing
Stilbopteryginae
Silver Giant Lacewing
Black Giant Lacewing 
 
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Common Owl-fly
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Lyriform Owl-fly 
 
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Family Hemerobiidae - Brown Lacewings

Most species in this family are pale brown in colour and small in size. Antenna usually same length as forewings. 
 
Micromus tasmaniae, body length 15mm
 

Reference:
1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 538.
2. Micromus tasmaniae (Walker) - Australian Insect Common Names, CSIRO, 2005. 
3. Wildlife of greater Brisbane - Queensland Museum, p98.

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