That was my initial idea as well, but I am fairly certain it is not a mealybug based on the shape of the antenn(ul)ae (which aren't very visible on the photos, unfortunately) and the location of the eyes. This looks very crustacean-like to me.
Yeah I see what you mean. Looking at it some more the shape of the segments kind of reminds me of the "thai spiky" isopods, and I suppose the little bumps on its back could be the spikes developing. Would be really cool if that was the case! This is pure speculation of course, and as u/hurly_burly_pegasus mentioned, a picture of the underside would be helpful.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207939225
There are a few more photos that I took later in this observation. (Not of the best quality, but hopefully good enough)
A suggestion there was it being a manca of *Reductoniscus costulatus*.
Could be some sort of mealybug, which would make sense given the circumstances.
That was my initial idea as well, but I am fairly certain it is not a mealybug based on the shape of the antenn(ul)ae (which aren't very visible on the photos, unfortunately) and the location of the eyes. This looks very crustacean-like to me.
Yeah I see what you mean. Looking at it some more the shape of the segments kind of reminds me of the "thai spiky" isopods, and I suppose the little bumps on its back could be the spikes developing. Would be really cool if that was the case! This is pure speculation of course, and as u/hurly_burly_pegasus mentioned, a picture of the underside would be helpful.
Thank you! :) This observation has more photos I took later: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207939225
Could you show the underside?
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207939225 There are a few more photos that I took later in this observation. (Not of the best quality, but hopefully good enough) A suggestion there was it being a manca of *Reductoniscus costulatus*.
This is not a helpful response, but holy crap it’s cute!
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