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Photo#883703
Bug - Dysdercus

Bug - Dysdercus
Coconut Creek, Broward County, Florida, USA
January 12, 2014
Bug nymph protecting this flower, Broward, FLA, flower just about the size of a nickel. ID? The bug would move off, and under to stake its claim.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

 
Ahh
So the plant is a MALLOW as I thought, will help me key it. THANK YOU!
I take it the nymphs are too similar to key to species by image? K.

 
Too similar for me :)
Others may be able to tell.

 
Maybe near D. mimulus
which it looks the most like as nymph?
K. http://bugguide.net/node/view/476396

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