Tuesday 17 September 2024

Tip-withering Bug Nymph

Tip-withering Bug (Anoplocnemis phasianus, 红背安缘蝽). Nymph.

A large sap-sucking insect, recently moulted and resting on a leaf in one of the still wild and overgrown patches on the edges of Yanghu Wetland. Like many of their fellow coreidae, they can be agricultural pests.