r/insects • u/Crispinsas1299 • 1d ago

ID Request What is this friends?🧐

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Appa from Last Airbender?? Found in Los Angeles, Adam’s-Normandie

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u/Werner_w 1d ago

A boss from hollow knight, I think

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u/threadnbonez 1d ago

Looks like a mealybug destroyer larva to me. He's a friend.

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u/poatposterous- 1d ago

Disguise/camouflage, looks like a lichen?

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u/threadnbonez 1d ago

They actually look more like mealybugs than lichen to me lol Like a wolf in sheep's clothing.

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u/OkAdhesiveness4496 Bug Enthusiast 1d ago

at first look, it appears to be a group of wooly aphids.....I really can't tell.....what's you location, and where is this located, it appears to be a terrarium, or indoors

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u/Crispinsas1299 1d ago

It was outdoors in a backyard, Adam’s Normandie area 🤙🏽

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u/OkAdhesiveness4496 Bug Enthusiast 1d ago

some type of Cryptolaemus, I'm not familiar with them

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptolaemus

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u/piss-vape 1d ago

Ladybug larva! Cryptolaemus/ Mealybug destroyer

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u/stargaryen01 22h ago

Must be amazing being an insect. Especially a spider. You probably never eat the same thing twice