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Fungus on a Ladybug

Hesperomyces sp.

Description:

Seen growing on a multicolored Asian lady beetle.

Habitat:

Back yard.

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2 Comments

KimberlyDuran
KimberlyDuran 8 years ago

Thanks for the help ForestDragon!

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 8 years ago

This is a Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis) with the Hesperomyces fungus, most likely Hesperomyces virescens. You can removed that little question mark. Read the comments within this page, pretty interesting. http://bugguide.net/node/view/278155

KimberlyDuran
Spotted by
KimberlyDuran

Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Spotted on May 6, 2015
Submitted on May 7, 2015

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