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Thursday, May 29, 2008

Flower Assassin Bug eggs and nymph (Rhinocoris segmentarius) Family Reduviidae

When I did the article on the Assassin Bugs, I put the one I brought home in my fish tank which has sand in it in order to take pictures.
I did not realize at the time but the female had laid these eggs at the bottom of a piece of wood I had in it. This clutch of eggs is about 4mm in height.
Soon I found these tiny assassin bugs crawling around. Each one is only about 3mm in length.
 

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