Figures 5.9


Oviposition by a South African ladybird beetle, Chilomenes lunulata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae).
Figures 5.9. Oviposition by a South African ladybird beetle, Chilomenes lunulata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae).

The eggs adhere to the leaf surface because of a sticky secretion applied to each egg. (After Blaney 1976)

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  Males of three species of the water-strider genus Rheumatobates, showing species-specific antennal and leg modifications (mostly flexible setae).
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  A copulating pair of stink or shield bugs of the genus Poecilometis (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae).