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World Record Mealybug?
Posted: December 21st, 2009, 6:47 am
by FlyBri
Found on one of my River Reds:
Giant_Mealybug.jpg
Re: World Record Mealybug?
Posted: December 21st, 2009, 8:05 am
by Joel
Hope you didnt kill it!
I tend to think it is a world record lady beetle larvae. They tend to look like their prey so they can get close to the mealy bugs and the aphids for a feed. Nice find!
JayC
Re: World Record Mealybug?
Posted: December 21st, 2009, 8:07 am
by Jerry Meislik
Looks nearly eating size!
Jerry
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Re: World Record Mealybug?
Posted: December 21st, 2009, 9:31 am
by Steven
JayC wrote:I tend to think it is a world record lady beetle larvae.
Just a thought. . . What is a male Lady Beetle called?
S.
Re: World Record Mealybug?
Posted: December 21st, 2009, 9:43 am
by Gerard
Jerry Meislik wrote:Just a thought. . . What is a male Lady Beetle called?
Easy............ "HE"
Hehehe
Gerard
Re: World Record Mealybug?
Posted: December 21st, 2009, 11:10 am
by anttal63
Re: World Record Mealybug?
Posted: December 21st, 2009, 1:50 pm
by teejay
Having seen quite a few mealybugs is vineyards in my time, that certainly is a MASSIVE specimen!