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with Laboulbeniales fungus (Harmonia axyridis with Laboulbeniales fungus)
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Copyright © 2009
Jerry Armstrong
Ladybird Beetle -
Harmonia axyridis
Moccasin Lake, Winston, Douglas County, Georgia, USA
May 21, 2009
I have no idea what this is on this Ladybird Beetle, fungus or eggs of some sort. Comments welcomed. Attracted to UV light.
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Contributed by
Jerry Armstrong
on 22 May, 2009 - 5:43am
Last updated 13 November, 2010 - 4:04pm
Laboulbeniales fungus, Hesperomyces
This is a fantastic photo.
The fungus is a member of Laboulbeniales, under the genus Hesperomyces. Almost 100% positive it is Hesperomyces virescens as I do not know of other species that grow on Harmonia.
Hesperomyces occurs on all sorts of coccinellids (and a Scymnus from New Zealand), including Harmonia, Hippodamia, etc.
As for the rest of the pictures linked here that are on Harmonia, the infections are almost certainly all H. virescens.
Would be happy to help in IDs of Laboulbeniales in the future.
Monica Hughes
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Monica Hughes
, 18 July, 2010 - 10:55am
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Moved
Moved from
Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle
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Abigail Parker
, 6 May, 2010 - 12:23pm
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Moved
Moved from
Ladybird Beetles
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Tim Moyer
, 2 June, 2009 - 11:34am
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And also this article...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/230781#327964
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Harsi S. Parker
, 22 May, 2009 - 12:23pm
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Check out these other posts...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/35636
http://bugguide.net/node/view/24075
If this is the same thing, your specimen seems to have an especially abundant growth!
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Harsi S. Parker
, 22 May, 2009 - 12:19pm
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Hesperomyces virescens
In an email to me, mycologist Monica Hughes identifies this fungus as
Hesperomyces virescens
in the order Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota) and describes it as a very common species. At her suggestion, I searched the internet via Google for additional information, finding the following citation, very relevant to this BG posting:
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2317/0304.18.1?journalCode=kent
Thanks to Dr. Hughes for this information!
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John Pearson
, 16 June, 2009 - 5:42pm
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Thank you
Very interesting articles and yes, the bug I photographed had more than it's share of fungus. On another note, it has been raining here in the deep south off and on for weeks. Maybe this contributed to the excessive growth of fungus on the Ladybird Beetle.
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Jerry Armstrong
, 23 May, 2009 - 1:10am
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