The image shows an insect perched on the tip of a plant's seed head.
The small brown nymph has distinctive black spots and two red antennae, which are longer than its body. Its body is shaped like an oval, with a pointed tail at the end.
The plant it sits on resembles frostweed or verbesina virginica. The flower stalk of the plant is visible in the lower left corner of the image. At the tip of the seed head, there are small white flowers and long brown seeds.
In the background, the top portion of another plant's stem is visible in the upper-right corner. This appears to be the same frostweed or verbesina virginica seen at the bottom of the image.
The photo was taken on October 19th, 2008, in Lick Creek Park on Iron Bridge Trail in College Station, Texas. – AI vision
La ninfa de la chinche olorosa (Euschistus) en una cabeza de semilla de frostweed en el parque Lick Creek, en el sendero Iron Bridge. College Station, Texas, 19 de octubre de 2008. La imagen muestra a un insecto posado en la punta del racimo de semillas de una planta. La pequeña ninfa marrón tiene manchas negras distintivas y dos antenas rojas, que son más largas que su cuerpo. Su cuerpo tiene forma ovalada, con una cola puntiaguda en el extremo. La planta en la que se sienta se asemeja al frostweed o verbesina virginica. El tallo de la flor de la planta es visible en la esquina inferior izquierda de la imagen. En la punta del racimo de semillas, hay pequeñas flores blancas y largas semillas marrones. En el fondo, se ve la parte superior del tallo de otra planta en la esquina superior derecha. Este parece ser el mismo frostweed o verbesina virginica visto en la parte inferior de la imagen. La foto fue tomada el 19 de octubre de 2008, en Lick Creek Park en el sendero Iron Bridge en College Station, Texas. – Spanish translation
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