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Cactus coreid nymph

Chelinidea vittiger

Photo by Brian38
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Field Notes

Description:

Small yellowish green bug that blended in nicely to the colors of the cactus. Roundish abdomen. Both nymph and adult forms of prickly pear cactus bugs feed on the pads of prickly pear. They use special structures to pierce the tough leaves and suck the sap from the pad, resulting in conspicuous white to brown dime-sized rings after feeding has been in progress a while.

Habitat:

Spotted on a cactus at the McAllen Nature Center.

Species ID Suggestions

cactus coreid bug nymph

Chelinidea vittiger

Comments (3)

Thank you Ingrid for the kind words. This was certainly one of the more interesting bugs I found on my Texas trip.
I like the habitat shots outward from the insect closeup alot! nifty critter and pic!
Thank you ornithoptera80 for the ID.

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