Shield bug egg hatch

Lord Vetinari

Spotted some shield bug eggs on the underside of a holly leaf. I then photographed their development over the next few weeks until they dispersed after their first moult into 2nd instar nymphs. Turned out to be Hawthorne shield bugs.

Brian V.

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DeepWoods

Terrific series Brian!!!!

e6filmuser

@Lord Vetinari said:
Spotted some shield bug eggs on the underside of a holly leaf. I then photographed their development over the next few weeks until they dispersed after their first moult into 2nd instar nymphs. Turned out to be Hawthorne shield bugs.

Not a very good botanist!

Nice set.

Harold

spanky117ab

Wow this series is so very cool, I would love to be able to photograph the development of something like this, well done.

Lord Vetinari

@e6filmuser said:

@Lord Vetinari said:
Spotted some shield bug eggs on the underside of a holly leaf. I then photographed their development over the next few weeks until they dispersed after their first moult into 2nd instar nymphs. Turned out to be Hawthorne shield bugs.

Not a very good botanist!

Nice set.

Harold

@spanky117ab said:
Wow this series is so very cool, I would love to be able to photograph the development of something like this, well done.

Thanks for the comments Harold and spanky - appreciated

Brian V.

Paul Iddon

That's an excellent sequence. All the bonus insects to boot as well.

Paul.