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Helmeted Squash Bugs with parasites - Euthochtha galeator
Copyright © 2009 Karl Hillig

Helmeted Squash Bugs with parasites - Euthochtha galeator
Ballston Lake, Saratoga County, New York, USA
June 19, 2009
In open field on blackberry. Can someone please confirm these are helmeted squash bugs? Any idea what those little beetle-like things are on them? Parasites?
Contributed by Karl Hillig on 2 July, 2009 - 12:58pm
Last updated 12 November, 2010 - 2:58pm

Yes and yes.
Yes to both questions. A bit of overkill on the female, there. Geesh!
… Eric R. Eaton, 2 July, 2009 - 1:35pm

 
Overkill?
Is she the one that's getting pushy?
… Karl Hillig, 2 July, 2009 - 1:46pm

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