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Mealy Bug Destroyer
Copyright © 2007 J>N>Dell

Mealy Bug Destroyer
South Georgia, Ware County, Georgia, USA
April 25, 2007
Size: 3-4mm
Found on bush at edge of field.
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Contributed by J>N>Dell on 27 April, 2007 - 8:47pm
Last updated 17 December, 2009 - 6:15pm

Moved
Moved from Mealybug Destroyer.
… Abigail M. Parker, 17 December, 2009 - 6:15pm login or register to post comments

possibly Scymnus,
based on the red/yellow legs seen here, but black on Cryptolaemus montrouzieri(1). Several species of Scymnus appear similar.
… Tim R. Moyer, 22 December, 2008 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

 
certainly not Cryptolaemus
I call Scymnus too, with the yellow legs and dark marking on pronotum.
… Abigail M. Parker, 26 August, 2009 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

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