Red Bug, Scantius (=Lodosiana) aegyptius

Adult. No-name Ridge, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 7/6/09. © Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Contact for originals.	Red Bug Scantius (=Lodosiana) aegyptius Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae No-name Ridge, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, CA. colony discovered by Trudy Ferris, Park Ranger, California State Parks. *First American record for this species. Back to Hemiptera index page Back to Arthropods of Orange County, California Back to Natural History of Orange County, California
Adult, feeding on Malva seed. © Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Contact for originals.	Adult, feeding on Malva seed © Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Contact for originals.
Adult, on Malva seed. © Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Contact for originals.	Adult, feeding on Malva seed. © Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Contact for originals.
Incredible Edible Park, Irvine, Orange County, CA. 9-25-09. Copyright: Ron Hemberger
Adult drilling into Malva seed. Subapical spines on middle femur differentiate this genus from Pyrrhocoris. Ridge View Park, Laguna Niguel, Orange County, CA. 8/6/09. © Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Contact for originals.	Adult, feeding on Malva seed. Red ventral side with black patches differentiate this genus from Pyrrhocoris. No-name Ridge, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 7/6/09. © Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Contact for originals.
Adults, feeding on Malva seeds. No-name Ridge, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 7/6/09. © Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Contact for originals.	Adults, feeding on Malva seeds. No-name Ridge, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 7/6/09. © Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Contact for originals.
Mating pair. No-name Ridge, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 7/6/09. © Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Contact for originals.	Mating pair. No-name Ridge, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 7/6/09. © Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Contact for originals.
Nymphs on Malva stem. Poles trail, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 7/6/09. © Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Contact for originals.
Nymph. Agua Chinon, Orange County, CA. 7/31/09. © Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Contact for originals.	Nymph. Agua Chinon, Orange County, CA. 7/31/09. © Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Contact for originals.
Nymph, feeding on Malva seed. No-name Ridge, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 7/6/09. © Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Contact for originals.	Nymph, feeding on Malva seed. No-name Ridge, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 7/6/09. © Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Contact for originals.
Predation by harvester ant, Messor sp. No-name Ridge, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 7/6/09. © Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Contact for originals.	Predation by harvester ant, Messor sp. No-name Ridge, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 7/6/09. © Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Contact for originals.
Cannibalism. No-name Ridge, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 7/6/09. © Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Contact for originals.	Cannibalism. No-name Ridge, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 7/6/09. © Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Contact for originals.