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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Harmonia » Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis) » with Laboulbeniales fungus (Harmonia axyridis with Laboulbeniales fungus)
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What Is This Growth? - Harmonia axyridis
Copyright © 2009 Jon Hart

What Is This Growth? - Harmonia axyridis
Montrose, Laurens County, Georgia, USA
November 15, 2009
What is this green growth on the back of the lady beetle? It is on many others as well. Fungal growth?
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Contributed by Jon Hart on 22 November, 2009 - 5:59pm
Last updated 13 November, 2010 - 3:21pm

Moved
Moved from Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle.
… Abigail Parker, 6 May, 2010 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

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Jon, if you think that's wild, you must check out Charley's entire article on arthropod pathogenic fungi. The spider photos freak me out the most...
… Harsi S. Parker, 6 December, 2009 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

Take a look at...
...this and read the comments :)
… Ron M., 22 November, 2009 - 6:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Now, that was
really wild, man! Seriously, though, it looks like I should keep an eye on this situation. I haven't seen any small beetles hanging around the Harmonia beetles, so I suspect this year's crop will die out over the winter. Unless there is something else at work, here. Maybe these guys have a different "lawn mower" to keep the fungus down to manageable levels? Thanks for the link, Ron.
… Jon Hart, 22 November, 2009 - 7:08pm login or register to post comments

eggs?
could be eggs of a parasitoid wasp?
… Blaine Mathison, 22 November, 2009 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

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