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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Scymninae » Hyperaspidini » Sigil Lady Beetles (Hyperaspis) » Hyperaspis bigeminata
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Larvae of Hyperaspis bigeminata feeding eggs of Eriococcus lagerstroemiae - Hyperaspis bigeminata
Copyright © 2015 Zinan Wang

Larvae of Hyperaspis bigeminata feeding eggs of Eriococcus lagerstroemiae - Hyperaspis bigeminata
Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
May 27, 2015
The Hyperaspis bigeminata Randall (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) is predator of many scale insects. This specimen was captured in crape myrtle trees (Lagerstroemia spp.), and its larvae can feed the eggs of crape myrtle bark scale, Eriococcus lagerstroemiae KUWANA (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae).

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Contributed by Zinan Wang on 27 July, 2015 - 8:52am
Last updated 24 October, 2016 - 2:29pm

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