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Diareusa imitatrix
Four weeks after I found this egg sack, on Costa Rica's Mother's Day, August 15th...they finally started coming out!! first they were cream color, same day they turned grey and a day later dark color, very tiny, 2 large dark eyes and a large long nose. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/479...
There is not much information on Egg sacks and Nymphs of Giant Plant-hoppers. I found a PDF of research done on exactly the egg sack and First instar of my spotting. Giant neotropical plant-hoppers, egg sack and First instar nymph of Diareusa imitatrix. http://ag.udel.edu/delpha/2144.pdf.
Spotted on Aug 16, 2014
Submitted on Aug 16, 2014
4 Comments
Thank you, Sckel.
Actually you said it was an "egg sack". When they all got dark on the 3rd day I placed them in one of my Gardens, I remember seeing one on a spotting, it looked as if it had a peanut for a nose....it could be it!!??
ah, you save the egg sack? excellent job. where you will put the babies? they are weird. but I can see that they have rostrum. :)
Thank you so much, LisaPowers.
This spotting, had me sleepless for weeks... : o
Very cool spotting! Congrats!