A few lantern bugs/lanternflies

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A few lantern bugs/lanternflies

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Kurt, is the specimen in the first two pix an adult?
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Hans Breuer (twoton) wrote:Kurt, is the specimen in the first two pix an adult?
It's the same specimen in 1 and 2. Yes, adult. As soon as they emerge from larval stage, they are adult!
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True that...they just look so small and still green :-)

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Hans Breuer (twoton) wrote:True that...they just look so small and still green :-)

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The smallest species of Pyrops I have ever seen, so far!
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