Okay, so I already messed up my observation schedule. Oh well. Here’s a new one. It’s been a while - Five days to be exact
- Mini-habitat #1 There are a great many nymphs in this habitat. The two adults are still alive. I can also see more clutches in the cotton. The nymphs are getting bigger too. You can see some of them on the straw in the picture. They run fast.
- Mini-habitat #2 We have lost one adult milkweed bug. It is resting on the netting for the food. The nymphs are much larger than they were five days ago. Compare the size of these nymphs in the picture to the nymphs in bag #1.
- Mini-habitat #4 Today, the two adults were mating on the food bag. There are two very red clutches in the cotton (See bottom photograph). I expect they will both hatch before our next observation.
- Mini-habitat #5 We have more clutches in this mini-habitat now.
- Mini-habitat #7 Two adults are still alive. No clutches, no nymphs. You can see them both in the photograph. One near the top of the image, and the other near the bottom.
- Mini-habitat - Extras - Many, many bugs in this bag. I can see one dead adult. Two pairs were mating. There are many nymphs of different sizes on or near the water. (See picture)
More observations to come on Thursday this week…watch your email for a notification of when I post.
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