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Photo by Nimbid Ditavi
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Field Notes

Description:

A beautiful group of eggs and newborn bugs in a leaf.

Habitat:

Warm Habitats

Notes:

This was really wonderful spotting, 19 eggs, seven of them broken already, Seven newborn bugs preparing for the challenge of life!

Species ID Suggestions

Stink Bugs (nymphs and eggs)

Trichopepla semivittata

Comments (2)

Hi Philip! The photos provided in the ID link is the closest match I could find for your stink bug nymphs, but there's a chance it's not totally correct as I am completely new to nymphs of any bugs, let alone stink bugs. Also, the aforementioned photos were posted on bugguide.net about a year ago, and I'm not sure if that's confirmation of the species or if someone on the site just hasn't noticed that it's the wrong species (photos get moved to correct taxonomy locations if they're initially placed under the wrong name). Either way, I'm not sure, but it looks more similar than any other species I came across. Hope this helps!
It looks like this newborn insects are Stinkbugs?
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PublishedNovember 6, 2012

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