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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Euphorinae » Dinocampini » Dinocampus » Dinocampus coccinellae
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Lady bug with possable Eggs - Dinocampus coccinellae
Copyright © 2013 Kathleen Chute

Lady bug with possable Eggs - Dinocampus coccinellae
Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
May 3, 2013
I have never seen this before. This ladybug was creating this casing mass . I guess. You all know the answer. Thank you for any information on this activity. Thank you Kathleen
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Contributed by Kathleen Chute on 6 June, 2013 - 5:53am
Last updated 15 June, 2013 - 3:03pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 15 June, 2013 - 3:03pm login or register to post comments

I think the ladybug is parasitized
Looks similar to
… metrioptera, 6 June, 2013 - 8:17am login or register to post comments

 
Wow,
Thank you so much, I thought for sure thiswas eggs and never thought she was parasitized. Kathleen Chute
… Kathleen Chute, 8 June, 2013 - 6:10am login or register to post comments

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