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Mictis profana
22mm body length; all body charcoal with 2 white commas where wings might develop and 2 central white spots towards tail; 4 segments in antennae purple-black with final segment orange
On eucalyptus leaf. Suburban fringe to state forest.
This is the 5th instar. Also name "Holy Cross bug". How does it go from 5th pattern to the cross.. amazing.
Spotted on Mar 7, 2012
Submitted on Mar 7, 2012
6 Comments
Very nice!
Thanks asergio and martinl.
It's this one argy. http://www.flickr.com/photos/66925960@N0...
Argybee, I think this is a leaf-footed bug nymph... the link bellow shows a different color bug, but the overall shape is very similar to yours:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/614117
thanks alice (I deleted 10 others :) )
Nice close-ups!