tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307794781091453552.post3867564923900022191..comments2023-10-10T05:41:58.356-07:00Comments on Traveler in Oz: Stained Glass BugsNikki Lentferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05337283496778537910noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307794781091453552.post-88447253789448385272013-04-11T16:45:23.117-07:002013-04-11T16:45:23.117-07:00I think I found it. Here is some information I fou...I think I found it. Here is some information I found interesting. The Cotton Harlequin Bug is a member of the Jewel Bug family named for their bright metallic colouration.<br />The males and females of the Cotton Harlequin Bug are different colours, with the females mostly orange and the males mostly blue-red.<br />The Cotton Harlequin Bug feeds on many species belonging to the hibiscus plant family (Malvaceae), including ornamental hibiscus species and cotton. It feeds mostly on young shoots, piercing the stems and sucking the sugar-rich juices intended for shoot growth<br />Cotton Harlequin Bugs are sometimes a minor pest of cotton and have been known to cause the introduction of a fungus, which rots the cotton boll. In gardens, they cause flower buds to drop prematurely. <br />Watch out for your hibiscus flowers everyone.<br />Nikki Lentferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05337283496778537910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307794781091453552.post-73157240467222426802013-04-11T16:35:43.782-07:002013-04-11T16:35:43.782-07:00Christmas Bugs? What a geat name. I looked it up o...Christmas Bugs? What a geat name. I looked it up on Google and they don't look quite right but there was a photo of a Harlequin Bug. Maybe that is it. Thanks for the idea.Nikki Lentferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05337283496778537910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7307794781091453552.post-63717729548934293572013-04-11T03:23:11.273-07:002013-04-11T03:23:11.273-07:00The only bug I know that's iridescent like the...The only bug I know that's iridescent like these are Christmas Beetles, but I'm not sure that yours look big enough for them?<br />Also Christmas Beetles usually only appear around... Christmas time!!<br />So... really... I don't know LOL :)JourneyJottingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076229711644297103noreply@blogger.com