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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Flower, Flat Bark and Ladybird Beetles (Cucujoidea) » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Harmonia » Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)
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beetle on beetle - Harmonia axyridis
Copyright © 2005 Charles Schurch Lewallen

beetle on beetle - Harmonia axyridis
Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
July 12, 2005
Does anyone know what is going on here, if anything?
After posting the image and looking at it, it seems that there is pollen or eggs on the back of the lady bug and perhaps the small beetle is eating that.

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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 13 July, 2005 - 11:43am
Last updated 11 December, 2007 - 6:32pm

Moved
Moved from Ladybird Beetles.
… Boris Büche, 25 April, 2007 - 4:35am login or register to post comments

Assumption supported
Hi Charles,

The stuff on the ladybird (Asian one: Harmonia axyridis) are Laboulbeniales fungi, and the small beetle looks very like Typhaea sp. (Mycetophagidae) - a fungus feeder.

very interesting observation, compliments!

Boris
… Boris Büche, 21 December, 2006 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Boris
It is nice to get more information on fungus ridden bugs, and now that I am reading Parasite Rex by Carl Zimmer I find it even more interesting.
… Beatriz Moisset, 21 December, 2006 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for naming the fungus, Boris
we've been seeing and speculating on this one for years, without yet putting a name to it!
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 21 December, 2006 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

Fungus?
Compare this one

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 4 November, 2005 - 8:33pm login or register to post comments

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