FROM NYMPH TO ADULT BUG

in Fascinating Insects4 years ago

The Carpocoris purpureipennis bug on this photograph ...

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... is getting out of its old nymph exoskeleton.

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This is a pretty different version of the same insect.

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The fresh new adult is drying out and consolidating the new shape.

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And that's essentially all.

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A short moment in the life of this species.

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As always in posts, the photographs are my work.

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awesome stalking and capture . up!

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