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Lady Bugdeformed ladybug?
Is this a ladybug? If so, what’s wrong? I thought it might still be in morphing process.
Lee Hooker
Dallas, GA
Hi again Lee,
We are not sure if this is part of normal metamorphosis or not. Perhaps the Ladybird has just emerged from the pupa and the wing elytra have not fully expanded and hardened. It is also possible that this is a birth defect brought on by trauma or genetics due to global warming or rampant pesticide use. We favor the metamorphosis hypothesis.
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Hi All,
Posted 14 Aug 2009 at 6:21 am ¶We recently had a large local outbreak of Multi-coloured Asian Ladybirds – so many that they ran out of prey, and the larvae started to attack their older brothers & sisters as they pupated. They often didn’t kill them though, and the adults that emerged from the damaged pupae had permanent deformities looking like this.
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