| Question:  What are these "creatures" 
                      emerging from this pencileraser-size tree moss?
 
 Answer: The creature pictured here is 
                      a green lacewing nymph usingmoss as camouflage. Being a beneficial insect, lacewings 
                      feed on
 aphids, mealybugs and just about anything else they can 
                      capture. The
 "claw" is its sickle-shaped mandibles.
 Nathan Riggs, Bexar County Entomologist
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