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Old 06-08-2010, 12:46 PM   #806
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Originally Posted by ardeegee View Post
One species, actually. Different growth stages of the same insect. And it turns out that a web site had identified both the bug and the plant for me back when the photos were new 3 years ago, and I utterly forgot. They are "scentless plant bugs" and what they were eating is an invasive species that they were introduced to control.
Really! That's lot of variation from one stage of growth to another. I could have sworn that it looked like a jumble of lady bugs, stink bug relatives, and larger beetle species. The explanation is nearly as fascinating as the picture!

Obviously I'm no Darwin when it comes to beetles!
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