Supplemental video S5 from Powell, EC. 2023. Defensive behaviors of the mealybug Nipaecoccus nipae (Maskell, 1893) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) and the green lacewing Ceraeochrysa claveri (Navás, 1911) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), with videos of dorsal packet loading and mealybug ostiole function. Insecta Mundi 1019: 1–11. [ Ссылка ]

The Ceraeochrysa claveri larva feeding on an adult female Nipaecoccus nipae mealybug. It is unclear whether the mealybug is still alive, spent ostiolar fluid has dried on the dorsum (dark red). A first-instar Nipaecoccus nipae crawler can be seen moving around on the dorsum of the lacewing larva.

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