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This is the second time I've seen a ladybug with something growing out of it - Harmonia axyridis

Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA

This is the back end of a Multicolored Asian Ladybeetle

Contributed by Steven Price on 8 January, 2007 - 5:32am
Last updated 6 May, 2010 - 12:24pm

Moved

Moved from Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle.

… Abigail Parker, 6 May, 2010 - 12:15pm

Date?

Did you actually find this ladybug on January 6? Was it indoors? It seems very odd.
Update, 5/6/2010: I removed the date since I never got an answer and it is most probably a mistake.

… Beatriz Moisset, 19 October, 2009 - 1:51pm

Moved

Moved from Ladybird Beetles.

… Beatriz Moisset, 8 July, 2008 - 5:49am

I believe these are Laboulbeniales fungi

- see comments on this picture:

There are several similar pictures in our ladybird beetle pages.

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 8 January, 2007 - 6:58am

Hesperomyces virescens

Indeed, Laboulbeniales fungi (Ascomycota). The species probably is Hesperomyces virescens.

… Danny Haelewaters, 20 August, 2012 - 12:01am

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