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While examining some insect damaged oak leaves I felt an annoying little sting on the back of my hand. I had to look closely to see a tiny white shapeless dot. I took several photographs and when it became too much to tolerate, I scraped the perp into an insect box.
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Deraeocoris nymph - REK |
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Ventral view with stylet - REK |
Under the microscope I could make out the piercing stylet that had stabbed me, typical of a larval Hemiptera or "true bug". I sent the photographs to Bugguide.net and got back an identification of a Deraeocoris nymph.
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Deraecoris nymph- Ilona L. CC |
There are no available guides to the species of these nymphs so I guess I will just have to chew on this problem for a while.....or visa versa.