THE WEKIU BUG (Nysius wekiucola) of Hawaii "shows how island immigrants can completely change their food source and exploit new environments," Morris says. The bug lives only on the summit of Mauna Kea mountain, above the snow line and the altitudinal limits of plants and other invertebrates. It feeds exclusively on dead insects blown up into the snow by the mountain winds. Related to tiny, green seed bugs common on New Zealand road sides, the wekiu bug's plant-eating proboscis has adapted to suck the body fluids of chilled and dying insects.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 268, 1 May 1993, Page 16
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91THE WEKIU BUG (Nysius wekiucola) of Hawaii "shows how island immigrants can completely change their food source and exploit new environments," Morris says. The bug lives only on the summit of Mauna Kea mountain, above the snow line and the altitudinal limits of plants and other invertebrates. It feeds exclusively on dead insects blown up into the snow by the mountain winds. Related to tiny, green seed bugs common on New Zealand road sides, the wekiu bug's plant-eating proboscis has adapted to suck the body fluids of chilled and dying insects. Forest and Bird, Issue 268, 1 May 1993, Page 16
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