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Gonocerus acuteangulatus - L1 First stadium nymph, about half a day after emerging from egg.<br /> For complete series see with this image:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/95259/almost_.html" title="Almost ..."><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3043/95259_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1763596810&Signature=kXiJ%2BK3E5gLrX8Ab3jxVn6jZPmM%3D" width="200" height="114" alt="Almost ... Single egg of a Coreidae on a leaf of a rose, almost ready to hatch - through the egg shell you can already clearly recognize structures such as legs and head :o)<br /> <br /> Update:<br /> It did take about two more days for the nymph to emerge after all and I just missed that happening, but this image shows the still teneral nymph, together with the empty egg:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/95365/elvis_has_left_the_building.html<br /> Close-up of empty egg shell:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/95366/gonocerus_acuteangulatus_-_empty_egg.html<br /> The same nymph, about half a day later - now in &quot;normal&quot; colours:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/95367/gonocerus_acuteangulatus_-_l1.html Coreidae,Coreoidea,Gonocerus,Gonocerus acuteangulatus,Heteroptera,Jane&#039;s garden,egg,nl: Smalle randwants,ovae" /></a></figure> Coreidae,Coreoidea,Gonocerus,Gonocerus acuteangulatus,Heteroptera,Jane's garden,nl: Smalle randwants,nymph Click/tap to enlarge

Gonocerus acuteangulatus - L1

First stadium nymph, about half a day after emerging from egg.
For complete series see with this image:

Almost ... Single egg of a Coreidae on a leaf of a rose, almost ready to hatch - through the egg shell you can already clearly recognize structures such as legs and head :o)<br /> <br /> Update:<br /> It did take about two more days for the nymph to emerge after all and I just missed that happening, but this image shows the still teneral nymph, together with the empty egg:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/95365/elvis_has_left_the_building.html<br /> Close-up of empty egg shell:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/95366/gonocerus_acuteangulatus_-_empty_egg.html<br /> The same nymph, about half a day later - now in "normal" colours:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/95367/gonocerus_acuteangulatus_-_l1.html Coreidae,Coreoidea,Gonocerus,Gonocerus acuteangulatus,Heteroptera,Jane's garden,egg,nl: Smalle randwants,ovae

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Antennae seem so oversized :) Posted 5 years ago
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      Pudding4brains
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      Yes, these little ones seem to be quite oddly (badly?) "balanced" somehow, but must serve some purpose as most species of Coreidae seem to have this on their early nymphs ... I'll dig up some first stadium nymphs for Coreus marginatus too one of these days ;o) Posted 5 years ago, modified 5 years ago

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The Box bug

Gonocerus acuteangulatus is a herbivorous species of true bug in the family Coreidae. It is commonly known as the box bug in the UK as it once only occurred in Box Hill in Surrey where it fed on box trees.

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