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Leptoglossus oppositus
Copyright © 2008 daike tian

Leptoglossus oppositus
Auburn, Lee County, Alabama, USA
August 12, 2008
Size: L17W4mm
On lotus flower

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Contributed by daike tian on 13 August, 2008 - 10:26pm
Last updated 30 December, 2008 - 7:27am

Any clue ...
... about that white object on the animal's head. Found the same here.
… William Donald Newton, 14 August, 2008 - 7:29am

 
I have no idea
on it
… daike tian, 14 August, 2008 - 1:41pm

 
White object.
The white spot is the egg of a tachinid fly in the genus Trichopoda (feather-legged flies). She lays her egg where the leaf-footed bug can't wipe it off. The larva that hatches will bore into the head of the bug and live as an internal parasite.
… Eric R. Eaton, 14 August, 2008 - 3:33pm

 
Very Interesting!
I'll look around my images of Diptera to see what I might have seen!
… William Donald Newton, 14 August, 2008 - 4:02pm

 
Wow
so interesting!!!
thanks!
… daike tian, 14 August, 2008 - 3:45pm

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