post-ecdysis ?

Yawns · Post by **Yawns** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 6:42 am

Sometimes among the populations of the Pyrrohcoris ( 1st and 2nd photo) I found some bright orange (3rd photo) without the typical black patterns.
I was looking for "albinos" in the internet but the albinos are white or yellow and keep the black patterns ...

Untitled by antonio caseiro, on Flickr

2017-10-04 #122 photos by antonio caseiro, on Flickr

Can this be a case of ecdysis (exoskeleton change)? .... and the black patterns are not yet formed in the new skin?
The "skin" looks tender and wrinkled...

Hemiptera_01 by antonio caseiro, on Flickr

MarkSturtevant · Post by **MarkSturtevant** » Thu Apr 18, 2019 1:28 pm

Beautiful pictures! And yes, the 3rd one had probably molted recently and had not yet developed its colors. Here for example is a related insect that is common where I live: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1610484/bgimage It too normally has black and red 'warning' colors, but the colors are not fully formed after a molt.