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L3 nymph.

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L3 nymph.

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L3 nymph.

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L3 molt.

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Female L4 nymph.

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Female L4 nymph.

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Female L4 nymph.

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Female L4 nymph.

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Male L4 nymph.

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Male L4 nymph.

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Three L4 nymphs. One male L5 nymph. They have different colors.

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Male L4 nymph. He died because he stopped eating.

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Male L4 nymph.

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Female L4 nymph.

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Female L4 nymph.

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Male L4 nymph.

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Male L4 nymph.

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Male L4 nymph.

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Male L4 nymph.

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Male L4 nymph. He died because he stopped eating.

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Female L4 nymph molting to L5.

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Female L4 nymph molting to L5.

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Female L4 nymph molting to L5.

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L4 molts. I think the one on the left is the molt from a female and the one on the right from a male.

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Male L5 nymph.

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Male L5 nymph.

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Male L5 nymph.

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Male L5 nymph.

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Female L5 nymph.

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Female L5 nymph.

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Female L5 nymph.

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Male L5 nymph.

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Male L5 nymph. Males have 8 segments. Females have 6 segments.

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Male L5 nymph.

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Male L5 nymph molting to L6.

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Male L5 nymph molting to L6.

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L5 molt.

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L5 molt.

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Female L6 nymph.

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Female L6 nymph.

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Female L6 nymph. Females have 6 segments and males have 8 segments.

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Female L6 nymph. Females have 6 segments and males have 8 segments.

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The male L6 nymph is on the top. The male L7 nymph is on the bottom.
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Female L6 nymph.

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Female L6 nymph.

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Female L6 nymph.

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keep en coming! i wish i were as good a photographer as you :rockon:

 
Female L6 nymph.

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Male L6 nymph.

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Female L6 nymph.

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Male L6 nymph.

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Glad to see the red segments in their abdomens... we worried that there was something wrong with ours the first time we saw that. These are awesome photos!

 

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