A distinctly marked blue lacewing, common in England and Wales, with records from southern Scotland, Chrysopa perla (Linnaeus, 1758) can be found from May to August in a variety of habitats including woodlands, scrub and gardens where the larvae feed on aphids.

References and further information:

• A Key to the Adults of British Lacewings and their Allies. Plant, C. W. (1997)
• Insects of Britain and Western Europe. Chinery, M. (2007)
• Collins Complete British Insects. Chinery, M. (2005)
• Insektenbox – http://www.insektenbox.de/sonsti/grperl.htm
• Italian Neuropterida – http://neurotteri.casaccia.enea.it/chrysopa_perla.htm