Can anyone identify this colony of what appear to be beetles I found on a dill seed?
Here is my best description of the insects:
- nearly spherical
- long antennae with 4 articulated segments - last segment is larger than the others
- apparently no wings or wing covers
- black with six white marks on abdomen:
- Two large marks just behind the thorax half way between the dorsal center and edge of the abdomen
- Two smaller pairs of marks behind the first pair arranged near the dorsal center of the abdomen
- insects are clustered around what appear to be eggs on the dill seed
- Eggs are cylindrical and appear to be arranged in a honeycomb pattern
- There are two more dill seeds with what appear to be hatched eggs