Elegant Brown Lacewing vs Daimyo Oak Longhorn

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute	Elegant Brown Lacewing	Daimyo Oak Longhorn
Scientific Name	Sympherobius elegans	Mesosa myops
Order	Neuroptera	Coleoptera
Family	Hemerobiidae	Cerambycidae
Size	5-8 mm wingspan	12-20 mm
Habitat	Orchards	Woodlands
Diet	Wood Feeders	Wood Feeders
Regions	Europe, North Africa	Japan, China, Korea, Russia (Far East)
Conservation	Least Concern	Not Evaluated

Elegant Brown Lacewing

A tiny, delicate brown lacewing found in bark crevices of broadleaved trees. One of the smallest hemerobiid species in Europe.

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At barely 5 mm wingspan, it is small enough to hunt insects living inside bark fissures.

A mottled grey-brown longhorn beetle that blends perfectly with tree bark. Its larvae feed within the branches of oaks and other deciduous trees.

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Its mottled bark-like pattern provides such effective camouflage that it is nearly invisible when resting on tree trunks.