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Spotted these tiny young shield bugs by the wall of the house - at the 1st instar stage I assume. They are probably green shield nymphs, Palomena prasina, and after moulting into their second instar they change colour to green and black and they disperse away from their siblings.
The white barrel-shaped eggs are laid in clusters on the undersides of leaves. Egg masses have about 25 eggs that are only about 1 mm in diameter but become apparent when nymphs have recently emerged, as they will stay at the egg mass for several days.
Paul.
The white barrel-shaped eggs are laid in clusters on the undersides of leaves. Egg masses have about 25 eggs that are only about 1 mm in diameter but become apparent when nymphs have recently emerged, as they will stay at the egg mass for several days.
Paul.
The Pauline thing made me laugh
