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Muddy1 Vienna, VA(Zone 7a) Nov 22, 2015

This looks like a bit of lichen to me, but it's an insect I saw near Hilton Head, South Carolina in early November. We flipped it over in an attempt to get a photo of its underside, but it flipped over again too quickly. Any ideas as to what it might be?

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Muddy1 Vienna, VA(Zone 7a) Nov 22, 2015

I'll try to find a clearer photo of it.

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Muddy1 Vienna, VA(Zone 7a) Nov 22, 2015

I hope these are better.

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Muddy1 Vienna, VA(Zone 7a) Nov 23, 2015

I think I found it: http://bugoftheweek.com/blog/2013/1/27/a-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing-debris-carrying-lacewing-larvae-ichrysopidaei

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porkpal Richmond, TX Nov 23, 2015

Wow, what great camo!

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Muddy1 Vienna, VA(Zone 7a) Nov 23, 2015

It is pretty amazing, isn't it?

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pxfragonard Toronto, Canada Nov 28, 2015

I wonder if this is what is destroying my asparagus ferns or if it's something else.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Nov 28, 2015

These are mealybugs, sap-sucking relatives of aphids. I see that you have started a new thread for these...

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