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Lousy Largus Nymphs - Early Instar - Largus californicus

Lousy Largus Nymphs - Early Instar - Largus californicus
Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, USA
August 12, 2010
Image quality here and at the associated post isn't wonderful, but these are better than nothing. Feel free to frass whenever replacements are available.

There are five instars. This is an early one; I'm guessing second instar.

The associated post shows a late instar:


Better (and more comprehensive photos are available at: http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/hemipt/Largus%20californicus.htm


Genus is under review. Earlier populations at or near this site were IDed as Largus californicus, so that's where I've put these nymphs.

This and the associated nymph were in the company of an adult when photographed in a place where I'd shot others before.

Behavior Notes: Nymphs were tough to photograph, sort of tucked into a bush and very furtive. They had the twitchy antennae and movements of a spider wasp, and their up-one-sprig-and-down-another avoidance maneuvers were much like those of a ladybug.

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