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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Scales and Mealybugs (Coccoidea) » Mealybugs (Pseudococcidae)
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Small beetle, or larva?
Copyright © 2010 Arthur Scott Macmillan

Small beetle, or larva?
Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, California, USA
January 28, 2009
Size: maybe 2-4mm
I shot these photos over a year and a half ago, then decided that they were to vague to ID. But it still bugs me to know nothing of them. In shape they remind me of ladybug larva a bit, though much paler and smaller than the ones that I recognize.

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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 3 August, 2010 - 4:43pm
Last updated 22 August, 2010 - 12:10am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Brad Barnd, 22 August, 2010 - 12:10am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Brad for the additional ID specification.
This is / was my first mealy bug. They seem pretty strange things, and only on the edge of my ability to photograph. I was using a diopter to bump my magnification, and although the results can be fascinating, even familiar things become strange to me when I get much above 1 to 1 magnification!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 22 August, 2010 - 7:49pm login or register to post comments

a mealubug of sorts, i suppose
… v belov, 3 August, 2010 - 5:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks , V!
I guess this is what mealy bug destroyers destroy!?
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 6 August, 2010 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

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