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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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Harmonia axyridis
Copyright © 2004 Lew Scharpf

Harmonia axyridis
Auburn, Lee County, Alabama, USA
August 10, 2004
I believe this to be a multi-colored Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis) given the black and white markings on the pronotum. I am curious as to the nature of the small yellow rod-like objects on the wing covers and posterior legs. Are these eggs from another species? I noted the same objects on the wing covers of Richard Leung's Harmonia axyridis posted earlier this month.
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Contributed by Lew Scharpf on 12 August, 2004 - 10:32pm
Last updated 3 January, 2012 - 4:09pm

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

 
Great idea, Abigail !
To create a new BugGuide page for fungus infested MALBs.
… Emile, 6 May, 2010 - 4:26pm login or register to post comments

Could it be........?
could it be parasites....??
… Alien, 26 September, 2007 - 1:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Laboulbeniales
These are fungal parasites of the order Laboulbeniales (Fungi, Ascomycota). The species probably is Hesperomyces virescens, one of the few taxa within the order penetrating the integument of their hosts with a haustorium. Haustoria actively make contact with the haemocoel and draw nutrients from it.
… Danny Haelewaters, 19 August, 2012 - 11:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, it looks like Laboulbeniales fungi
See for example this BugGuide page.
… Emile, 28 April, 2010 - 4:09pm login or register to post comments

Pollen?
I assume that's pollen picked up while visiting flowers.
… Troy Bartlett, 13 August, 2004 - 8:30am login or register to post comments

 
Looks more like sawdust
Isn't pollen round and, typically, more yellow? My guess is wood or chaff of some sort.
… Ron Hemberger, 19 April, 2007 - 11:56pm login or register to post comments

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