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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Pentatomoidea » Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae) » Predatory Stink Bugs (Asopinae) » Podisus » Unidentified nymphs and eggs (Podisus Unidentified nymphs and eggs)
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What kind of eggs? - Podisus
Copyright © 2011 Rich Hoyer

What kind of eggs? - Podisus
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
April 18, 2011

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Contributed by Rich Hoyer on 18 April, 2011 - 11:19pm
Last updated 24 May, 2012 - 3:22pm

Moved
Moved from Podisus.
… Brad Barnd, 24 May, 2012 - 3:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Brad Barnd, 27 April, 2011 - 2:55am login or register to post comments

Podisus…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 19 April, 2011 - 12:06am login or register to post comments

 
How long is . . .
the gestational period for eggs such as these?
… Rich Hoyer, 19 April, 2011 - 12:14am login or register to post comments

 
Eggs...
About a week or so before they hatch I believe.
… Ross Hill, 19 April, 2011 - 12:34am login or register to post comments

 
I just posted some new pics because . . .
the eggs hatched today.
… Rich Hoyer, 28 April, 2011 - 11:16pm login or register to post comments

 
OK. Thanks.
.
… Rich Hoyer, 19 April, 2011 - 12:45am login or register to post comments

 
dispersal
I wonder if the newly hatched predatory stink bugs disperse immediately, or start eating each other like some of the praying mantis species?
… Joe Zito, 19 April, 2011 - 10:59am login or register to post comments

 
hatchout...
They prefer caterpillars and other larvae, but they will feed on each other if prey is not available.
… Ross Hill, 28 April, 2011 - 11:42pm login or register to post comments

 
I've heard it suggested...
that the spines on predatory stink bug eggs protect the nymphs from each other when they are freshly hatched. Allegedly they sit at the tops of their eggs while their exoskeletons harden, and once this happens they're unable to feed on each other (or at least they're much less likely to succeed). I don't remember ever seeing a picture of them resting on their eggshells like that, but it is interesting to note that only predatory stink bugs have big spines on their eggs (some herbivorous ones have very tiny spines).
… Charley Eiseman, 29 April, 2011 - 7:14am login or register to post comments

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