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Family Reduviidae
In the same day and in the same tree I spotted those flat bugs (or whatever they are... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/160... ), I also spotted two clusters of eggs. I photographed them guessing that they could be related to the bugs. Today I went back to where I found them, and the eggs had hatched. There were many newborn nymphs around the egg shells, but they moved fast when I got the camera close to them. I could take just a few photos before they scattered around. The nymphs look very much like those I saw under the mother's shell. Photo #3 shows the eggs cluster before they hatched.
Spotted on Nov 29, 2012
Submitted on Nov 30, 2012
2 Comments
Definitely baby assassin bugs and their egg cluster....Reminds me of the genus Zelus here in the U.S., but could be something else in Brazil.
Looks like assassin bugs although I do not know which species specifically.