Garden Pests and Diseases: Rolly-polly breakfast banquet, 0 by ceejaytown

ceejaytown wrote:
That would be the larva of the brown lacewing. I have seen them wobbling along the leaves of plants, wearing the debris of scales - all white and fluffy looking. Looked at one under my stereo/microscope upside down, and could see the under body of the larva, with legs waving.They are called trash carriers. The larva of the green lacewing feeds on aphids and other softbodied very small insects too, but it doesn't stick the leftovers to its back for camouflage. They are called aphid lions.
Here's my photo of the trash carrier upside down. You can see its mandibles at the top of the blob....