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Oblong Lady Beetles (Genus Hippodamia)Observer
garychangDescription
Lots of adult lady beetles outside today, but I only saw one that looked like this.
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Ladybird Parasitoid Wasp (Dinocampus coccinellae)Observer
garychangDescription
The lady beetle is still (in this case, barely) alive, clutching the pupa of the parasitoid. I've reared out parasitoids from two similar pupae, and they turned out to be Dinocampus sp. (In one case, it was identified to Dinocampus coccinellae.
