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tphoto117
Nampa, ID
February 25, 2012 4:33 PM Post #9019950
| I'm trying to figure out what this is, and I have no idea. Someone suggested it might be parasitic wasp eggs attached to a spider, but I have no idea. I found it near Pine, Idaho. 
Click the image for an enlarged view.
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trackinsand
mid central, FL (Zone 9a)
February 25, 2012 5:41 PM Post #9020018
| at first i thought it was the larvae of a Lacewing, or trash bugs as they are called, because they have a habit of putting the remains of their insect meals on their back but i've never seen an all white one before...looks too uniform. i think the parasitic wasp idea has merit. i googled some images and it does happen.
edited for spelling.
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LadyAshleyR
Oakland, MD
February 25, 2012 6:07 PM Post #9020042
| was it dead or alive? maybe something being affected by a parasitic fungi?
http://deviantladyashley.deviantart.com/art/6-13-09-Entomoph...
picture of mine of a fly infected with Entomophthora muscae.
This message was edited Feb 25, 2012 9:20 PM |
tphoto117
Nampa, ID
February 26, 2012 3:05 PM Post #9020999
| It was alive when I took the picture |
LadyAshleyR
Oakland, MD
February 26, 2012 3:40 PM Post #9021036
| did it seem to be moving around normally? |
tphoto117
Nampa, ID
February 26, 2012 3:54 PM Post #9021053
| I don't remember, but probably not if it had all those things on its body. |
Flapdoodle
Minot, ND
February 26, 2012 4:05 PM Post #9021070
| This could be a female ensign coccid (Ortheziidae) - http://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/15152.jpg |
LadyAshleyR
Oakland, MD
February 26, 2012 4:11 PM Post #9021076
| After checking out bug-guide i have to agree with flapdoodle.
Never even heard of that bug!
http://bugguide.net/node/view/415410/bgimage
That looks like the culprit though! |
trackinsand
mid central, FL (Zone 9a)
February 26, 2012 5:53 PM Post #9021176
| i can't find any info on it other than pictures. is it like a mealybug? good bug or bad bug? (in the general gardening sense) |
LadyAshleyR
Oakland, MD
February 26, 2012 7:12 PM Post #9021262
| Bug guide says:
Scales and Mealybugs (Coccoidea)
So I doubt its a good thing. |
trackinsand
mid central, FL (Zone 9a)
February 27, 2012 6:20 AM Post #9021644
| ah, thanks! should have looked closer at the bug guide site. was only looking at pictures. |
LadyAshleyR
Oakland, MD
February 27, 2012 6:52 AM Post #9021678
| no problem! =D
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