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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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Fungal growth? - Harmonia axyridis
Copyright © 2005 Beatriz Moisset

Fungal growth? - Harmonia axyridis
Pennypack Restoration Trust, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 14, 2005
Is this a fungal growth on the elytra of this lady beetle? I didn't notice it until much later, when looking at my pictures.
Southeastern PA
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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 28 October, 2005 - 9:12am
Last updated 27 December, 2018 - 3:55pm

Moved
Moved from Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle.
… Abigail Parker, 6 May, 2010 - 12:22pm login or register to post comments

If it is a fungus
try "Googling" Muscardine Diseases
… A.W. Thomas, 28 October, 2005 - 9:46am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
For the name and links.
… Beatriz Moisset, 28 October, 2005 - 1:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Just got a possible ID for the ladybird fungus
- Laboulbeniales - see comment on this one:

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 21 December, 2006 - 3:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I followed the link. Very interesting. I found this nice reference about fungus ridden bugs in Google Laboulbeniales
… Beatriz Moisset, 21 December, 2006 - 3:22pm login or register to post comments

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