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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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Beetle Mites? - Harmonia axyridis
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Beetle Mites? - Harmonia axyridis
Deer Park, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
May 6, 2010
I am interested in the Lady Bug and the ant but what I really want to know is are the white objects on the beetle mites?

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Contributed by appletree on 6 May, 2010 - 6:09pm
Last updated 13 November, 2010 - 3:08pm

Moved
Moved from Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle.
… Beatriz Moisset, 13 November, 2010 - 3:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Blaine Mathison, 7 May, 2010 - 7:53am login or register to post comments

Actually, a fungus ...
The white growths you see here are Laboulbeniales fungus. There is an article discussing Arthropod Pathogenic Fungi here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/230781.
… T. Gilliam, 6 May, 2010 - 6:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Laboulbeniales
The species of Laboulbeniales on the coccinellid probably is Hesperomyces virescens, one of the few taxa in Laboulbeniales penetrating its host with a haustorium.
… Danny Haelewaters, 19 August, 2012 - 6:26pm login or register to post comments

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