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Spotting

Description:

Small ant like insects about 2mm size with a few very bright red members. Found near some hatched eggs. Are they hatch lings or came to feed? no idea....

Habitat:

Spotted on a Tomato plant.

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8 Comments

sunnyjosef
sunnyjosef 9 years ago

Thank you Ashutosh..

Ashutosh Dudhatra
Ashutosh Dudhatra 9 years ago

Try Broad Headed Bugs nymph...Great spotting..!

sunnyjosef
sunnyjosef 9 years ago

Thank you Sckel for your effort.. hope someone will I D them.. :-)

Sckel
Sckel 9 years ago

Hi sunny, I can not identify them, but I know they are not ants. Ants are the order Hymenoptera. These small insects are of the order Hemiptera. They mimic ants, are nymphs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant_mimicry...

sunnyjosef
sunnyjosef 9 years ago

@bonner 35.... 😊

bonner35
bonner35 9 years ago

(grose)

sunnyjosef
sunnyjosef 9 years ago

Thank you Sckel... Then what are they?? Some I D help will be greatly appreciated...

Sckel
Sckel 9 years ago

They are not ants. but are fantastic. love it :)

sunnyjosef
Spotted by
sunnyjosef

Ernakulam, Kerala, India

Spotted on Mar 19, 2015
Submitted on Mar 19, 2015

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