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nymph on prickly pear - Chelinidea vittiger
Copyright © 2013 Charles Schurch Lewallen

nymph on prickly pear - Chelinidea vittiger
Henryetta , Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
September 2, 2013
I thought leaffooted bug but on Cactus?
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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 2 September, 2013 - 11:54am
Last updated 3 September, 2013 - 9:11am

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Moved from ID Request.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 3 September, 2013 - 9:09am login or register to post comments

nymph
Charles, from what I read Chelinidea vittiger can undergo multiple color changes throughout its nymphal stages including different colors in the same instar.

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Dr. Richard Grantham
Entomologist, Dir. Plant Disease & Insect Diagnostic Lab
Entomology & Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 3 September, 2013 - 9:07am login or register to post comments

Reminds me of Chelinidea...


...but none of the later-instar nymphs in the Guide are red, so I'm not quite sure.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 September, 2013 - 12:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Nymph
Thanks Ken.
I will check it out.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 2 September, 2013 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

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