Adults are 12-20 mm in length, with a 23-30 mm wingspan and green with a thin yellow dorsal stripe on the thorax and abdomen. Overwintering adults become yellow to reddish-brown in colour. The antennae are long, and the wing veins are hairy.
Grey to brownish in colour and alligator-like in appearance with large pincer-like jaws and welldeveloped legs. Size varies from 2 mm to 8 mm as they develop. Tubercules containing well-developed hairs are present on the sides of thoracic and abdominal segments. The predatory larvae feed on a range of prey including aphids, whitefly, mites, thrips and leafminers.
Can be used to protect a range of important crops such as ornamentals, tomatoes, pepper, eggplant and apple.
