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Sigil Lady Beetles (Hyperaspis)
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Copyright © 2010
Robert Lord Zimlich
Mealybug -
Hyperaspis
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
May 11, 2010
These mealybugs were crawling all over the bark of a beech. Any ideas?
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Contributed by
Robert Lord Zimlich
on 11 May, 2010 - 2:04pm
Last updated 16 July, 2013 - 12:39pm
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Abigail Parker
, 16 July, 2013 - 10:34am
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looks like Hyperaspis sp.
Now that we've finally got some confirmed Hyperaspis larval images on BG, I believe this is in that genus: the broader body shape, short woolly dorsal tufts, and longer lateral tufts are typical of Hyperaspis larvae.
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Abigail Parker
, 16 July, 2013 - 10:33am
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Blaine Mathison
, 6 October, 2010 - 1:21pm
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john and jane balaban
, 4 July, 2010 - 10:12am
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Perhaps
Unidentified Larvae
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Robert Lord Zimlich
, 5 July, 2010 - 8:47am
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john and jane balaban
, 1 July, 2010 - 8:08am
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john and jane balaban
, 28 June, 2010 - 9:15am
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Mealybiug mimic?
Certain coccinellid larvae develope wax and mimic malybugs that is their food source. I think this might be it if it moved quite a distance and quickly.
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JDooley111
, 30 June, 2010 - 11:41pm
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As I Remember
They were pretty active. The tree was covered with then, all around the first branch.
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Robert Lord Zimlich
, 1 July, 2010 - 6:53am
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