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is this moulting?



hi.

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1932610

the green one has been identified earlier as the metallic green
scutellarid, Chrysocoris. Its not uncommon here (South India).
please see http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1781480

but this time the green one is just a shell. At first I thought its a
dead
one and the other has preyed on it. On closer look, the orange one is
the same
morphology as the green one, which I think is the adult (?)
Also, on a nearby leaf, the same process was going on; infact we can
see it emerging.
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1932671

So obviously its not 'lunch time', and rather a developmental process-
moulting.
Couldnt get text/pictures on the net to confirm the same.
Would appreciate comments. (am obviously not an entomologist)
Thanks.
Sridhar



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