White-margined Burrower Bug (Sehirus cinctus) | Project Noah

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Field Notes

Description:

They feed on plants in the Urticaceae (nettle) and Lamiaceae (mint) families. These bugs are somewhat unusual in that they exhibit brooding behavior. The female deposits eggs, about 120-150, in shallow burrows and watches over them. After the young hatch the mother will bring food to them in the burrow for 1-3 days, after which the young will leave and forage on their own. Females can have up to two broods,[1] and parental care is initiated from chemical cues in the eggs. - from Expedia

Notes:

Black ones are adult and the red one is a nymph,

Species ID Suggestions

White-margined Burrower Bug

Sehirus cinctus

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Thank you so much again bayucca!

Everything OK! :-)

Thank you very much and II understand HayleyNasman, but they exist, like us.

Thank you very much for your kind comment, LaurenZarate.

Thank you so much for your help bayucca! I hope I put all the information in proper places.

Eek! Awesome!

Nice! Interesting to see an aggregation of them like that.

The red one is anymph, the black ones are the adults.

Cydnidae, Sehirinae, Sehirus cinctus. http://bugguide.net/node/view/6982 http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sehirus_cinctus

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