peterlcoffey
Stiretrus anchorago
I collected this anchor stink bug nymph as a 4th instar on 23 August 2018, at the Carroll County Extension Office, and the next day it molted. I caught a few photos as its new exoskeleton hardened.
I'm hoping to rear it to an adult, but it's proving a lot pickier about its prey than I expected. It's eaten a few mexican bean beetle larvae, but hasn't touched the Dimorphopteryx sawflies, clover worms, orangstriped oakworms, or clavate tortoise beetle larvae I've put in with it.
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This was the first time I've seen a teneral S. anchorago before and I'm surprised that it's not dorsoventrally flattened like most other teneral nymphs. Instead, this species appears to become concave ventrally when starved, maintaining its overall globose body shape.
Stiretrus anchorago
I collected this anchor stink bug nymph as a 4th instar on 23 August 2018, at the Carroll County Extension Office, and the next day it molted. I caught a few photos as its new exoskeleton hardened.
I'm hoping to rear it to an adult, but it's proving a lot pickier about its prey than I expected. It's eaten a few mexican bean beetle larvae, but hasn't touched the Dimorphopteryx sawflies, clover worms, orangstriped oakworms, or clavate tortoise beetle larvae I've put in with it.
.
This was the first time I've seen a teneral S. anchorago before and I'm surprised that it's not dorsoventrally flattened like most other teneral nymphs. Instead, this species appears to become concave ventrally when starved, maintaining its overall globose body shape.