Adult. No-name Ridge, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 7/6/09. © Peter J. Bryant.

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.

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Adult, feeding on Malva seed. © Peter J. Bryant.
Adult, feeding on Malva seed © Peter J. Bryant.

Adult, on Malva seed. © Peter J. Bryant.

Adult, feeding on Malva seed. © Peter J. Bryant.

Incredible Edible Park, Irvine, Orange County, CA. 9-25-09. © 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.
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

Adults, feeding on Malva seeds. No-name Ridge, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 7/6/09. © Peter J. Bryant.
Adults, feeding on Malva seeds. No-name Ridge, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 7/6/09. © Peter J. Bryant

Mating pair. No-name Ridge, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 7/6/09. © Peter J. Bryant.
Mating pair. No-name Ridge, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 7/6/09. © Peter J. Bryant.

Nymphs on Malva stem. Poles trail, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 7/6/09. © Peter J. Bryant. 		 

Nymph. Agua Chinon, Orange County, CA. 7/31/09. © Peter J. Bryant
Nymph. Agua Chinon, Orange County, CA. 7/31/09. © Peter J. Bryant

Nymph, feeding on Malva seed. No-name Ridge, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 7/6/09. © Peter J. Bryant
Nymph, feeding on Malva seed. No-name Ridge, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 7/6/09. © Peter J. Bryant

Predation by harvester ant, Messor sp. No-name Ridge, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 7/6/09. © Peter J. Bryant
Predation by harvester ant, Messor sp. No-name Ridge, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 7/6/09. © Peter J. Bryant

Cannibalism. No-name Ridge, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 7/6/09. © Peter J. Bryant
Cannibalism. No-name Ridge, Crystal Cove State Park, Laguna Beach, CA. 7/6/09. © Peter J. Bryant