I got a question from Marianne Brouwer from the Netherlands: “I took a picture of this enormous bug in the Andes mountians in Equador. It was around 12 cm long. Do you know what it is?”
![equador-insect](https://keepinginsects.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/equador-insect-1.jpg)
Amazonian Giant Lacewing
![giant-lacewing](https://keepinginsects.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/giant-lacewing-1.jpg)
Amazonian Giant Lacewing
It took some research, but this monstrosity is an Amazonian Giant Lacewing. As the name suggests, it is a species in the family of lacewings (Chrysopidae), order Neuroptera. It occurs all over the Amazonian rain forest and feeds of bugs and their eggs.