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Closterocoris amoenus
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Closterocoris amoenus
Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California, USA
April 2, 2017
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Contributed by
bgsdlb
on 3 April, 2017 - 8:33pm
Last updated 5 April, 2017 - 5:14pm
Perhaps plant here is something in the mint family?
The whorled (immature) inflorescences here suggest the mint family, Lamiaceae.
I'm just mentioning that because I'm curious about the plant affinities of
Closterocoris amoenus
...for more on this see
comment here
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Aaron Schusteff
, 16 January, 2018 - 3:38am
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plant
This is on Black Sage (Salvia mellifera.) I saw several, immature and adults, on the same plant.
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bgsdlb
, 16 January, 2018 - 8:19am
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Great!
Good to know it's
Salvia mellifera
...and that several nymphs *and* adults were on the same plant. That definitely increases support for hypothesis of a host plant relationship.
My hunch is that the
Closterocoris amoenus
nymphs in the posts below were also on
Salvia mellifera
:
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Aaron Schusteff
, 17 January, 2018 - 2:21am
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