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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: JohnnyD on May 30, 2020, 12:01:34 PM

Title: Not a plant but ....
Post by: JohnnyD on May 30, 2020, 12:01:34 PM

Can anyone identify the insect in the pics. It seems to have emerged from the empty casings on the other side of the Cheilanthes tomentosa frond, which was presumably shaded.
JohnnyD

Title: Re: Not a plant but ....
Post by: Tristan_He on May 30, 2020, 01:33:52 PM

Yep, these are shieldbug nymphs. Don't know what species though, sorry!

Title: Re: Not a plant but ....
Post by: JohnnyD on May 30, 2020, 02:07:56 PM

Thanks Tristan. JohnnyD

Title: Re: Not a plant but ....
Post by: Maggi Young on May 30, 2020, 04:53:30 PM

ID pic of the  little  devils  here: http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/idcards/life_stages.html (http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/idcards/life_stages.html)

Title: Re: Not a plant but ....
Post by: JohnnyD on May 31, 2020, 10:23:12 AM

Cheers Maggi - most useful.
JohnnyD