new acquisitions (part 5)

Went back to Deukmejian Wilderness Park, acquired some more grayish hoppers.

Also found a single different-looking nymph, note the smaller head and orangy brown color. I wouldn't have taken it home if I had seen it was parasitized, but the hopper was like half a cm long and I didn't realize the infection was there till I got home, so after some deliberation I popped the wasp grub. I accidentally sprained (is that even the right word?) one of the nymph's hindlegs in the process and the leg couldn't move for about 12 hours but this afternoon I was checking up on it and all the legs were functional again.

I don't normally endorse killing parasitoids because they're important to the ecosystem, equal rights for parasites, blah etc., but I really wanted to see if I could get this nymph to adulthood and make it half of a breeding pair before the season ends. I mean, a lot of flightless aridland planthoppers here are really hard to get one's hands on, remember how I was complaining about how I hadn't seen Tiaja for years?

Anyways all the new acquisitions (including the orangy brown) are feeding well on dodder. Edit: make that "are" a "have been". I think I squished the orangy nymph by accident.