A Southern Hemisphere Charlotte Mason Nature Diary

The soul is fed in times of enjoying our Creator’s art splashed out for our delight each day. He has given us nature to still the soul, inspire meditation and to encourage our hearts to bust with love for Him. I also think it does something for human relations to enjoy God's world together.This blog is about enjoying nature the way God intended it to be enjoyed. (All photographs copyrighted and the property of Joy Ann Emms, not to be used without permission)

Monday, May 30, 2011

Do bugs have nymphs?

Remember this wonderful Mama bug laying and guarding her eggs? Well, Emma has been faithfully looking after them all this time and the eggs have hatched, so what do the babies look like and the bigger question is, "Do bugs have nymphs?"

Okay so we know that silk worm moths have worms in the metamorphic cycle but do bugs like stink bugs have nymphs? http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=2024

The answer is no, they hatch like miniature adults losing their exoskeleton when they get too tight space wise.

Here are the babies from our eggs. http://acharlottemasonnaturediary.blogspot.com/2011/05/stinking-good-surprise.html They are all hatched and released to freedom. They were very cute, very small and very fast and hard to photograph!