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Little red bugs - Boisea trivittata
Copyright © 2008 Noah Charney

Little red bugs - Boisea trivittata
Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA
May 28, 2008
Size: 1mm
Did these just bugs just hatch out of these eggs? I watched a jumping spider stalk up on them for a while, then pounce right on the bugs and bounce off of them. After jumping on them one more time, I guess they didn't seem like a meal afterall...

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Contributed by Noah Charney on 29 May, 2008 - 10:58pm
Last updated 24 July, 2008 - 11:45pm

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… john and jane balaban, 24 July, 2008 - 11:45pm login or register to post comments

true bug nymphs
I guess of Miridae family - but not sure in these hatchlings . . .
… Boris Büche, 10 June, 2008 - 4:27am login or register to post comments

 
Based on the eggs,
probably not Miridae, since their eggs are minute and inserted singly into plant stems.
… Charley Eiseman, 10 June, 2008 - 8:04am login or register to post comments

new images
They did come from those eggs, a few more hatched, and I got some better shots...
… Noah Charney, 30 May, 2008 - 10:58pm login or register to post comments

Aphids?
These look like they could be aphids to me. Please wait for an expert to confirm.
… Ken Schneider, 30 May, 2008 - 11:28am login or register to post comments

 
Not aphids
the antennae are the wrong shape, and cornicles are missing (compare actual aphids, below).



I think these are true bugs of some kind, but I don't recognize them. The eggs do appear to be empty (I believe I see an escape hatch open at one end of the right-most one) so they might well have originated there.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 30 May, 2008 - 1:13pm login or register to post comments

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