Neuroptera

Chrysopidae

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A family of green lacewings with 85 genra and between 1,500-2,000 species world wide.
 

Neuroptera

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Alderfly
 
Lacewings, Antlions, Mantidflies, and also Alderfies, and Snakeflies.
 
 
 

Raphidioptera

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The Snakeflies (Raphidioptera) are a family of insects that are listed amongst the sub-order Megaloptera. These insects are predatory in both the larvae and adult stages, and are completely terrestrial, and the female has a large ovipositor with which she places her eggs under loose bark.

Sialidae

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These are the Alderflies which are currently in the order Megaloptera. There are 66 species worldwide and all come under the genus or are a subgenus of Sialis.
 

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