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fisherwr2 > Dorsal view of the head of a green stink bug showing the compound eyes and the reddish simple eyes.
fisherwr2 > Recently molted immature bug standing over the exuvia of its' smaller self. When frightened by the camera, the bug did not run and hide under the leaf as I expected. Rather it remained close to, and nearly on top of, the cast skin. Did this behavior make the insect appear larger than it actually was in the face of danger, something that might scare off a potential predator? The fine, white, thread-like structures coming out of the cast skin are tracheae, part of the system that supplies oxygen to the insect. New ones are formed when the insect molts.
fisherwr2 > Immature bugs that recently hatched from the eggs layed around the stem at the lower right part of the image. They congregated under the leaf for at least a day until they were ready to venture out. The day after this image was taken, none of the bugs could be found on the plant.
fisherwr2 > Immature bugs forming a protective cluster on a leaf. Note how each individual is oriented away from the group's center and in a slightly different direction around the perimeter. This ensures that there are at least "one pair of eyes" and antennae facing all directions to sense danger (eg spiders or other predators). When danger is detected by one, the others are immediately notified and will scurry away, often to the underside of the leaf. In insects, alarms may be relayed by chemicals, physical movement, vision, contact with each other. In addition, a tight-knit group appears to a predator to be more dangerous (eg larger) prey than a single individual. Thus, group behavior for this species provides more fitness than an isolated insect
fisherwr2 > Cast skin or exuvia of a leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with mouthparts embedded in plant's main vein to anchor the old skin and allow the insect to free itself more easily
fisherwr2 > Oak lace bug, Corythucha arcuata (Hemiptera: Tingidae)
fisherwr2 > Close-up of eggs of a true bug (Hemiptera) showing the pseudoperculum, the rounded area on top of the egg that provides the young insect a means to get out of the egg
fisherwr2 > Eggs of a true bug (Hemiptera) laid along the midvein of a leaf. Note the pseudopercula that act like "doors" to allow hatch
fisherwr2 > Lucy the feline entomologist checks out a wheel bug (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) also called an assassin bug
Dorsal view of the head of a green stink bug showing the compound eyes and the reddish simple eyes.
fisherwr2 > Dorsal view of the head of a green stink bug showing the compound eyes and the reddish simple eyes.
Dorsal view of the head of a green stink bug showing the compound eyes and the reddish simple eyes.
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