Lichtensia viburni - Nymph (1st stadium)

Adding another development stadium for this species. This is the first and quite tiny stadium (~0.5mm). It is mobile and after hatching from the eggs finds itself a place to bore into the plant to feed. In the case of male individuals it will hence forth remain in that very spot for the rest of the development cycle. Females move about around their next moults to find better spots for feeding and oviposition.
It being a Hemiptera would dictate addressing these as "nymphs" but most literature seems to use the term "larva". As a matter of fact the development cycle of the likes of these is one of the reasons that some authors suggest dropping the term "nymph" altogether as it is near impossible to draw a clear line between the two. I've decided to dedicated one image to the nymph and larva advocates each :o)