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shield bug babies
Copyright © 2006 April

shield bug babies
Medina County, Ohio, USA
August 29, 2006
Size: teeny tiny
can anyone ID these at such a young stage?
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Contributed by April on 30 August, 2006 - 8:28pm
Last updated 11 April, 2007 - 9:03am

agree well with:
young nymphs of Elasmostethus interstinctus, but not of Elasmucha grisea (European species) - guess therfore, that these will be the former genus.
… Boris Büche, 27 April, 2007 - 11:02am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… Boris Büche, 11 April, 2007 - 9:03am login or register to post comments

Moved
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