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Purple-crested Slug - Adoneta spinuloides

Purple-crested Slug - Adoneta spinuloides
Catoctin Mountains, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
August 13, 2014
Size: Miniscule
An early instar...very tiny!
Found on oak.

Is that
a parasite on it?

 
Yes
It appears to have picked up an unwelcomed guest...even at this early age.

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