Neuroptera

Neuroptera; Temporal range: Permian to Recent
	Green lacewing
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Subclass:	Pterygota
Infraclass:	Neoptera
Superorder:	Endopterygota or Neuropterida
Order:	Neuroptera; Linnaeus, 1758

Neuroptera is a order of net-winged insects. It includes the lacewings, mantidflies, antlions, and their relatives. The order contains about 6,000 species.

The adults of this order have four membranous wings. The forewings and hindwings about the same size, and have many veins. They have chewing mouthparts, and undergo complete metamorphosis. Most of the larvae and adults are predators.

The clade first appeared in the Permian period,

Neuroptera Media

Larva of Osmylus fulvicephalus, Osmylidae
Larva of Sisyra sp., Sisyridae
Lacewing life history (version with yellow cast removed 2008-05-15)
One of the "butterflies of the Jurassic", Sophogramma lii (Kalligrammatidae)
Patterned wing of Paleogene (49 mya) fossil Palaeopsychops marringerae (Ithonidae)
Snakefly R. confinis? (cropped)
Schlammfliege Sialis sp 5325
Oedosmylus sp., Austin's Ferry Tasmania, Australia
Chrysoperla carnea Guldoeje
Mantispidae, Ditaxis biseriata (det. Hauser, 2006), Carnarvon National Park, Queensland, Australia