In this study, it was tried to determine the amount of prey consumed by Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) at varying densities and its potency in reducing population pest. Aphids used as nutrients [Aphis fabae Scopoli Acyrthosiphon pisum Harris (Hemiptera: Aphididae)] were given each larval stage (InstarI, InstarII, InstarIII) predator certain numbers (5, 10, 20, 40, 80, 1...

Neuroptera has a history of more than 270 million years, exhibiting broadest familial diversity in the Mesozoic, especially in the Jurassic and Cretaceous (New 1989; Ponomarenko 2002; Grimaldi & Engel 2005; Winterton et al. 2010). Grammolingiidae is a small family with limited distribution temporally and geographically, only recorded in the Jurassic of all East Asia and the southern Central Asi...