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ID for a bug nymph? - Catorhintha apicalis
Copyright © 2014 Nancy Hamlett

ID for a bug nymph? - Catorhintha apicalis
Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, USA
April 28, 2014
This bug nymph was observed on California Four O'Clock (Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia) at the Claremont Colleges' Bernard Field Station in an area of recovering coastal sage scrub that burned seven months previously. I wondered if it might be a nymph of this bug, which was one the same plant:



Any information about its identity will be greatly appreciated!

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ID for a bug nymph? - Catorhintha apicalis ID for a bug nymph? - Catorhintha apicalis
Contributed by Nancy Hamlett on 26 May, 2014 - 7:02pm

Moved tentatively
Moved from True Bugs.

Certainly seems likely, as it resembles other Catorhintha nymphs:

… Ken Wolgemuth, 26 May, 2014 - 7:07pm

 
Agreed
I see them with adults frequently.
… James Bailey, 25 April, 2017 - 10:22pm

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