“Life on the edge” (with an STD)

(Yep; that kind of “STD”!)
It’s [been] that time of the year, right? Of course it happens a couple times each year when the lady beetles are everywhere.

This is a Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis).

The white “particles”? It seems that it’s probably a fungus of the genus Hesperomyces; see the photo and comment on someone else’s photo at BugGuide, http://bugguide.net/node/view/278155
» It’s a Lady Beetle STD; see http://www.ncagr.gov/plantindustry/plant/bioctrl/documents/HarmoniaESAPoster.pdf

Confirmed at BugGuide as Harmonia axyridis or “Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle”; http://bugguide.net/node/view/866891 and http://bugguide.net/node/view/866892

One year ago (“Water break”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-11-16
Two years ago (“More stained glass work”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-11-16

[Thom Mitchell]

@espyetta You gotta check this out…

[Rick Schies]

Oh my that doesn't sound good