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unknown eggs and bugs - Harmonia axyridis
Copyright © 2009 Ilse Gebhard

unknown eggs and bugs - Harmonia axyridis
Alamo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA
June 18, 2009
Size: 2 mm?
Found on Asclepias tuberosa

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Contributed by Ilse Gebhard on 18 June, 2009 - 7:25pm
Last updated 5 July, 2009 - 8:13am

Ladybugs?
It looks like the eggs and first instar larvae of some species of ladybug. I guess that they are emerging and that the whitish stuff is empty egg shells. They may very well be eating the shells; I know that many insects do that.
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