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Nymph - Siphanta acuta
Copyright © 2009 R. Berg

Nymph - Siphanta acuta
Alameda County, California, USA
November 7, 2009
Size: ~1/8 in., 3 mm
Found on underside of fallen loquat leaf. An early instar of Siphanta acuta?

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Contributed by R. Berg on 7 November, 2009 - 8:00pm
Last updated 15 December, 2009 - 3:38pm

Moved
Moved from Free-living Hemipterans.
… Charley Eiseman, 15 December, 2009 - 3:38pm login or register to post comments

possibly
please keep watch for the colorful later instars to confirm this
… Andy Hamilton, 12 November, 2009 - 2:03pm login or register to post comments

 
They've already appeared
Since then, in the same part of the yard, I've seen at least one larger nymph with a white background and red and blue markings, similar to one I posted earlier than this green one. Not necessarily the same individual, though; various instars are around all the time.
… R. Berg, 12 November, 2009 - 3:42pm login or register to post comments

 
And here's one more

I occasionally see the adults, too. A few weeks ago, two or three of them at once would perch on the siding near the porch light in the evening.
… R. Berg, 24 November, 2009 - 9:51pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 8 November, 2009 - 5:55pm login or register to post comments

Ooooh, loquats!!!!
They were a part of my childhood in Africa and I shared a tree with some neighborhood raccoons when we lived for four years in California...I miss them (the loquats--not the raccoons)! Sorry I can't help with an ID!
… Gacko, 7 November, 2009 - 9:21pm login or register to post comments

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