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What is a lacewing?

What is a lacewing? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of a number of gauzy-winged insects of certain families within the order Neuroptera.
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Between thirty and forty species of lacewing flies are known to occur in our own country.
You see it looks a little like the lacewing larva, and it, too, belongs to the Neuroptera.
The larval stage of the green lacewing is sometimes confused with the larval stage of lady beetles or ladybugs.
May says she supposes the larva of the lacewing is a little monster like that of the corydalus.
The common green lacewing occurs throughout North America, while other species are more restricted in distribution.
Malaysian photographe Hock Ping Guek took a picture of a green lacewing with dark markings at the base of its wings in a park near Kuala Lumpur.

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