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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae) » Cantharinae » Podabrini » Podabrus » Podabrus tomentosus
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What is this phenomenon - Podabrus tomentosus
Copyright © 2008 Wisconsin Oecanthinancy

What is this phenomenon - Podabrus tomentosus
Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin, USA
July 4, 2008
Size: 1.25cm
What is taking place here? Found this bug on the underside of a dogwood leaf.

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What is this phenomenon - Podabrus tomentosus Fungus ridden - Podabrus tomentosus
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Contributed by Wisconsin Oecanthinancy on 4 July, 2008 - 5:59pm
Last updated 9 February, 2013 - 12:12pm

Podabrus tomentosus --det. G. Pelletier
Moved from Podabrus s.l..
… v belov, 9 February, 2013 - 12:12pm login or register to post comments

 
That's ironic ...
that woolly is its name ...
… Emile, 9 February, 2013 - 3:46pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Podabrus pruinosus.
… v belov, 26 May, 2009 - 3:55am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 25 August, 2008 - 1:26pm login or register to post comments

Fungus?
It must be a fungus. I haven't seen this type but there are a number of fungus ridden flies in the guide.
… Beatriz Moisset, 4 July, 2008 - 7:10pm login or register to post comments

 
You might find this publication interesting, Beatriz:
A. G. Wheeler Jr.
“Violent deaths” of soldier beetles (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) revisited: new records of the fungal pathogens Eryniopsis lampyridarum (Zygomycetes: Entomophthoraceae).
Coleopterists Bulletin, volume 42, number 3, pages 233 to 236, 1988.
… Emile, 8 April, 2009 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

 
sure
...may happen to anyone...
… v belov, 4 July, 2008 - 8:53pm login or register to post comments

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