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Bacillus sp. (PSG ?)

    This might also be Bacillus rossius, but since I have them both, I will know soon!  They have red armpits at maturity.  The nymphs are green, but the insect becomes brown in the 2nd or 3rd-instar.  The antennae are very short.

Foodplants: bramble

4th-instar

3rd instar 2nd instar

Ova