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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Cicadas (Cicadoidea) » Cicadas (Cicadidae) » Cicadinae » Tacuini » Megatibicen » Northern Dusk Singing Cicada (Megatibicen grossus)
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Insects feeding on Cicada? - Megatibicen grossus
Copyright © 2014 Troy Nash

Insects feeding on Cicada? - Megatibicen grossus
Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
August 23, 2014
Can anyone identify the small red and black insects? They appear to be feeding on the cicada.
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Contributed by Troy Nash on 24 August, 2014 - 7:12pm
Last updated 29 August, 2014 - 5:10pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… Bill Reynolds, 29 August, 2014 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

This is really...
...interesting behavior. Yes, I believe the other two comments are correct. However, I just have to say that I've never seen something like this before with stink bugs all cooperating and feeding on a single prey item much larger than themselves. :/
… Chao "Jimmy" Wu, 25 August, 2014 - 6:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Several Hemip's are known to cooperate as nymphs
Several Hemip's are known to cooperate as nymphs.
This list includes some predatory pentatomidae and reduviidae + a few other taxa.

When we rear Wheel Bugs, the nymphs often share larger prey.
Same observations for the FL Predatory Stink Bugs.
… Bill Reynolds, 26 August, 2014 - 12:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Appreciate your help!
Appreciate your help!
… Troy Nash, 26 August, 2014 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

Predatory Stink Bugs on Tibicen auletes
The small red & blue insects look like nymphs of the Florida Predatory Stink Bug, Euthyrhynchus floridanus feeding on Tibicen auletes
… Bill Reynolds, 25 August, 2014 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Appreciate your help!
Appreciate your help!
… Troy Nash, 26 August, 2014 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

Predatory Stink Bug nymphs, I presume.
Maybe something close to these:



Hold on to see if others agree.

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 August, 2014 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like you were right! T
Looks like you were right! Thanks for your help.
… Troy Nash, 26 August, 2014 - 8:37am login or register to post comments

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