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Photo#720554
Copyright © 2012
Claude Pilon
Armored scale predator
Parc national du Mont-Saint-Bruno, Montérégie County, Quebec, Canada
August 18, 2012
Many larvas like this one ate armored scale insects (heavy infestation on pine needles)
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Contributed by
Claude Pilon
on 5 November, 2012 - 9:14am
Last updated 14 December, 2014 - 5:55pm
Moved
Moved from
Lady Beetles
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v belov
, 14 December, 2014 - 5:55pm
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Moved
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Scymninae
. OK done
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john and jane balaban
, 7 December, 2014 - 5:21pm
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Higher level?
Based on the comments, it appears that this one should be moved to a higher level for now.
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John Schneider
, 7 December, 2014 - 5:09pm
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yes, possible Scymnine....
The head capsule shape seems unusual for a coccinellid, but I'm not actually very accustomed to seeing the head of a scymnine larva under the typical wax coating! I'll check my larval reference tonight.
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Abigail Parker
, 21 November, 2012 - 7:55am
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Yeah that head capsule is throwing me off.
Maybe it's something closely related to a coccinelid?
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Natalie Hernandez
, 21 November, 2012 - 8:20am
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Nitidulidae?
The armored scale it was feeding on might be
Chionaspis pinifoliae
. One of the known predator of this species is a Nitidulidae,
Cybocephalus nigritulus
. But I have not found any description of this species larva.
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Claude Pilon
, 21 November, 2012 - 9:14am
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Perhaps.
This doesn't look like a nitidulid, they usually have urogomphi, often in two pairs, but this could be an exception.
There is a line drawing in Immature Insects of a specimen in the genus
Microweisea
that looks a lot like this. I'll ask around.
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Natalie Hernandez
, 21 November, 2012 - 9:59am
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Microweisea
Yes,
Microweisea marginata
is another possible predator of this scale insect.
Thanks!
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Claude Pilon
, 21 November, 2012 - 10:36am
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v belov
, 6 November, 2012 - 8:25pm
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Ladybug larva.
I'm sure our ladybug expert will be able to be more specific, but that's a start for you.
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Natalie Hernandez
, 5 November, 2012 - 11:32am
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I don't think it is a Ladybug
I don't think it is a Ladybug larvae. I think it is a lacewing larvae.
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mnfardisi
, 5 November, 2012 - 12:49pm
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No it's a beetle for sure.
Lacewing larvae have falcate mandibles:
I think it's a cocenellid, maybe Scymninae. It probably just molted so it hasn't grown more wax, you can see it starting to get more.
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Natalie Hernandez
, 5 November, 2012 - 1:01pm
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No wax
Thanks Natalie and mnfardisi for your comments.
I saw a dozen of specimens but none had white wax like this Scymninae.
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Claude Pilon
, 5 November, 2012 - 3:03pm
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Good to know.
There are other non-wax producing ones that will feed on scales as well. We'll see what Abigail thinks :)
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Natalie Hernandez
, 5 November, 2012 - 3:32pm
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