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Weird, white blobs on head of western conifer seed bug

Westerville, Delaware County, Ohio, USA
August 2, 2011
Size: 0.75 inch

I'm pretty sure that I have identified the insect correctly, but I was curious as to what the white, circular blobs were on its head.

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Contributed by loriquaid on 2 August, 2011 - 6:25pm
Last updated 7 May, 2019 - 7:32am

Moved

Moved from immature stages · parasitized hosts · metamorphosis.
Phasiinae parasitizes these bugs.

… Beatriz Moisset, 7 May, 2019 - 7:32am

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Moved

Moved from Frass.
I keep other tachinid eggs on this page, but it is nice to have some here under "immature stages, parasitized hosts, & metamorphosis".

… Beatriz Moisset, 24 September, 2011 - 7:44am

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Frassed

Moved from ID Request.

This image isn't needed for the Guide, but it will be visible here for 30 days until removed by the system.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 26 August, 2011 - 6:18pm

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Tachinid eggs

We don't have many images of tachinid eggs in the guide. It may be a good idea to keep this one, despite its being a little blurry. The placement is interesting and these two images seem to represent the same host. Maybe some day we'll know for sure that these are Trichopoda eggs.

… Beatriz Moisset, 23 September, 2011 - 10:52pm

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Another shot of the same insect

I have a somewhat less blurry image of this insect's head uploaded elsewhere.

It almost looks like there is a hole in the insect's head between the two eggs a bit to the left.

… loriquaid, 7 December, 2011 - 3:14am

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It's entirely up to you...

I think we actually have a fair number of images--but they're in Coreidae instead of Tachinidae. :)

… Ken Wolgemuth, 23 September, 2011 - 10:57pm

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Tachinid fly eggs

Probably Trichopoda.

… Charley Eiseman, 2 August, 2011 - 6:31pm

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Ewww...

I was just reading here what is going to happen to the western conifer seed bug.

… loriquaid, 2 August, 2011 - 7:04pm

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