... often it does not survive that long in the field. Eggs can be found on slender white silk stalks hanging from the undersides of leaves, each species lay eggs in different types of groupings, some lay in a row, some in selective groups. The larva, commonly called an aphidlion, seizes and punctures its prey with ... long, sickle-shaped jaws, injects a paralyzing venom, and sucks out the body fluids. After feeding and growing to half of an inch in length during a two to three week period, the larva spins a spherical, white silken cocoon in which it pupates. The adult emerges in ... about ...

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