Very few specimens of the three known Kimochrysa species endemic to the Western Cape Province of South Africa have been collected. Larvae and their habitats were unknown. We present photographs of the second and third instars of Kimochrysa africana (Kimmins), the host plants of their prey and the pollen-feeding adult. Relationships with the closest relatives among the subfamily Nothochrysinae are discussed. We postulate that the first chrysopid lacewings were small pollen feeders, followed by the much larger honeydew feeding genera of the Nothochrysinae.