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Hot pink and undulating! Here she is digging into the soil. Her immobile cyst sister is getting in the way and a few more adults in the background. This species is Eumargarodes laingi 3/4

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Florida's newest invasive mealybug currently prefers roadside weeds but may pose a threat to solanaceous crops (e.g., tomatoes, peppers). This species was only recently described from Japan where it is likely also introduced. New open access paper: degruyter.com/document/doi/1… 1/2

Male mealybug, Phenacoccus multicerarii (Pseudococcidae). Males in the subfamily Phenacoccinae have two distinct pairs of wax tails, distinguishing them from all other (known) male scale insects.

A harvestman stealing food from a crab! So cool!

徳島の林床にてよく見られた模様のあるザトウムシ う〜ん、イラカザトウムシかな？ 眼のある飛び出た部位は眼丘と呼ばれる箇所で、このザトウムシもしや…とそこを拡大して撮影してみたらやっぱりつぶらな瞳の小さな生き物(眼丘くん)が埋め込まれているように見えるタイプでとても良かった。

After hundreds of interceptions at US ports of entry, it's no surprise that the invasive armored scale insect, Lepidosaphes laterochitinosa, has now established in the Florida landscape. Luckily parasitoid wasps are already working to check it back. researchgate.net/publication/38…

For #Arachtober 2024: the "ghost of the mosses" the Neopilionidae Thrasychirus sp. in Patagonia, Argentina.

Introducing Barbenigma, a bizarre new genus & two new species of scale insects (Coccomorpha: Ortheziidae) from the USA Barbenigma stretches our concept of Ortheziidae & bears similarities to the neotropical semi-aquatic Carayonemidae (now Carayoneminae) mapress.com/zt/article/vie…

Our next symposium looks at using collections to solve agricultural problems. Erin Powell, Ph.D. demonstrates that reference collections are imperative for accurate and timely diagnostics in regulatory entomology. #ECN2024

Treehopper fashion show

和歌山で久しぶりに見たハカマカイガラムシの仲間 近くをチョロチョロしているトビムシくんと比較するととてもゆっくりとした足取り。 でも今まで見てきたハカマカイガラムシの中ではよく動いていて、かなり速い方かも…動画撮る意味があるのかというくらい遅いのもいる。

The genome of the tuliptree scale insect, Toumeyella liriodendri (Hemiptera: Coccidae) is now published Genetics Society of America watermark.silverchair.com/jkae231.pdf?to…

Stag beetles! They are just like stags, equipped with supposedly intimidating weapons on their heads but end up extremely cute and adorable! Well a stag can be deadly if you don’t keep a respectable distance, but stag beetles are totally harmless!

Hercules beetle

I beleaf 🌿 I’m always fascinated by the amazing diversity of leaf-like insects, and they’re just such a piece of art perfectly rendered every details and even imperfections of real leaves!l Special thanks to BicBugs for sending me those perfectly preserved specimens!