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- "This is the most complicated potion I've ever seen. Lacewing flies, leeches, fluxweed, and knotgrass. Well, they're easy enough."
- — Hermione Granger on the ingredients of the Polyjuice Potion[src]
A bottle of lacewing flies
Lacewing flies, or just lacewings, are small green insects named for their large, transparent, laced wings. Lacewing flies are sold at the Magical Menagerie.[1] Lacewing flies are an ingredient used in the Polyjuice Potion,[2] where they must be stewed for twenty-one days. Lacewing flies are not on the Restricted Register.
History
In 2020, some Lacewing flies appeared to be missing from the Hogwarts Potions stores.[3]
Behind the scenes
- The use of lacewing flies in the Polyjuice Potion was chosen by J. K. Rowling to represent "an intertwining or binding together of two identities", as suggested by the word "lace" in the name.[4]
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play) (Mentioned only)
- The Road to Hogwarts Sweepstakes
- Pottermore
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Mentioned only)
Notes and references
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) - PS1 version
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 10 (The Rogue Bludger)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Act One, Scene Twelve
- ↑ Pottermore - The Polyjuice Potion - J.K. Rowling's Thoughts