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Seridon β€” Squash Bugs and Passioflower

Published: 2009-05-14 00:28:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 2008; Favourites: 67; Downloads: 40
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Description Some squash bugs (Leptoglossus sp; Coreidae, Hemiptera) crawling over and feeding on a passionflower (Passiflora sp.; Passifloraceae, Malpighiales) .
These are actually nymphs of the squash bugs (also called leaf-footed bugs).

Photo: Anillaco, La Rioja, Argentina. January-09.
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Comments: 24

Jac888 [2012-10-14 03:55:43 +0000 UTC]

feels kind of weird ... aliens ...

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Seridon In reply to Jac888 [2012-10-14 12:57:32 +0000 UTC]

Huahahaha. Indeed.

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Frienddesign [2011-03-29 06:39:21 +0000 UTC]

О_о

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thehurricanes [2010-04-09 17:15:07 +0000 UTC]

Amazing! Both the bugs and the flower are so weird-looking that they make each other looks even crazier.

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Seridon In reply to thehurricanes [2010-04-09 23:39:59 +0000 UTC]

Indeed they are!
It was quite a sight a lot of these fellows crawling over the flowers.

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Praetori [2010-03-31 14:47:05 +0000 UTC]

Whoa! How neat looking! Such vibrant colors too...

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Seridon [2010-03-27 11:48:19 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!
The flower is a passionflower, which eventually will become a passion fruit. The bugs are called squash bugs.

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pikaole [2010-03-27 06:18:26 +0000 UTC]

I never saw that flower and bugs! It's so nice color! very interesting XD

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meihua [2010-03-23 03:02:17 +0000 UTC]

Wow, what an interesting capture! Thank you for sharing this with everyone

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Seridon In reply to meihua [2010-03-23 12:42:07 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!
I was just having a walk when I saw the flowers, then went for a closer look and found these littles fallas.

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CatTheNinja [2010-03-06 15:17:15 +0000 UTC]

Interesting shot! The colors of the flower and the bugs work together really nicely.

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Seridon In reply to CatTheNinja [2010-03-06 21:21:03 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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staypuftmuffin [2010-03-05 19:56:43 +0000 UTC]

Wow! weird flower and equally weird bugs. Very cool looking though. they almost seem like they're part of the flower. very nice shot

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Seridon In reply to staypuftmuffin [2010-03-05 21:22:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!
It is a passionflower, which in turn will become a passion fruit. The squash bugs feed specifically on this kind of flower.

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LangeDeLombre [2010-03-03 19:06:26 +0000 UTC]

wow. what a great picture!

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Seridon In reply to LangeDeLombre [2010-03-03 19:14:11 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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LangeDeLombre In reply to Seridon [2010-03-03 19:15:33 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome

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wbrichardson [2010-03-03 14:39:32 +0000 UTC]

Excellent capture...colors really jump out! nice

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Seridon In reply to wbrichardson [2010-03-03 16:35:17 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!
This one is among my favorites.

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wbrichardson In reply to Seridon [2010-03-04 17:12:55 +0000 UTC]

one of mine too....now

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Blackcat328 [2010-02-26 15:07:16 +0000 UTC]

The colors are so beautiful! I miss seeing passion flowers, right now the vine on my street is bare.

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Seridon In reply to Blackcat328 [2010-02-26 17:19:08 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!
Passionflowers are quite beautiful, luckly it's summer here and I got to see some of these flowers. ^_^

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uneksija [2009-05-16 01:01:15 +0000 UTC]

Nossa, essa foto ficou muito legal! Ainda mais com esses insetinhos!

Mas onde tava essa flor? NΓ£o lembro de ter visto flor de maracujΓ‘ por lΓ‘!

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Seridon In reply to uneksija [2009-05-16 02:11:56 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, obrigado!
Essa flor estava em uma cerca cheia de flores de maracujΓ‘, em frente a uma casinha muito simpΓ‘tica. A gente passou por lΓ‘ em um dos dias que fomos dar uma passeada...

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