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Curculionidae
Zona templada -
Sendero Ecológico - Amaguaña -
This bug nymph is possibly a spined soldier bug. They are used in biological control to eat potato beetles including their eggs. I doubt a nymph would be brooding anyones eggs. (Except that the eggs are possibly the same species (Podius) ).
http://www.mda.state.md.us/plants-pests/...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/782...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/876...
Spectacular! This would be a perfect spotting to add the the "Brooding behaviour..." mission http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8176...
This is wonderful, fantastic photos. I've seen eggs like that before and I've always wanted to know what they were.
this is not a beetle, is an inmature bug (Pentatomidae) and seems is feeding on other hemipteran eggs.
First I suspect it was "eating" the eggs, but now I think Lori is correct.
Nice shot.
Actually, that the proboscis (mouth) end. Given the tropical climate, she is most likely tending her eggs to keep mold or bacteria from growing on them, etc.