Unusual, Weird & Beautiful Hemipterans

[boghaunter1]

Wow! Metallic beauty Stinkbug, Philippines, Mattiphus sp.,

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Another... from the Philippines - no I.D.

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John K.

[boghaunter1]

Coridae sp. - Philippines

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Malaysia, Cameron Highlands, no I.D.,

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John K.

[boghaunter1]

Another appropriately named Stinkbug from S. Korea - Pentatoma metallifera

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A Strikingly colored bug - Reduvidae sp. from the Philippines

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John K.

[livingplanet3]

Coridae sp. - Philippines
Malaysia, Cameron Highlands, no I.D.,...

Both species possibly Prionolomia spp., or a closely related genus.

[boghaunter1]

Two weird bugs from Ecuador

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[livingplanet3]

A Strikingly colored bug - Reduvidae sp. from the Philippines...

That might be the most unusual looking reduviid I've ever seen!

[boghaunter1]

Very cool leaf-footed bugs From Ecuador,

Diactor flavolineata

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& also D. bilineatus

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John K.

[boghaunter1]

Another neat leaf-footed bug... unknown location or I.D.,

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John K.

[livingplanet3]

Another neat leaf-footed bug... unknown location or I.D.,...

Looks like Anisoscelis foliaceus, or at least in the same genus.

There are some quite impressive, large/colorful coreid bugs in the US, such as Thasus neocalifornicus -



Nymphs of this species -



Nymphs of Thasus acutangulus, from Mexico -

[boghaunter1]

Beautiful "bugs" indeed! Those nymphs are living, walking kaleidoscopes... just stunning! Thanks for posting!

John K.

[livingplanet3]

Beautiful "bugs" indeed! Those nymphs are living, walking kaleidoscopes... just stunning! Thanks for posting!

John K.

Warning coloration to predators, I assume. Many plant-feeding Hemiptera produce foul-tasting fluids.

[Panacanthus]

A couple of my own photos from Southern AZ! Taken many years ago. I used to have some nice images showing groupings of them on their host plants but can't find them now.

Thasus neocalifornicus (species already shown by livingplanet3)

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[boghaunter1]

Ahhhh.... southern Arizona bug hunting.... hopefully one day! TFP! (Thx. for posting).

John K.

[adamcotton]

We have a long thin scarlet Hemipteran here, very common around my house in April. I will try to remember to take photos.

Adam.

[boghaunter1]

World's largest Hemipteran -this specimen's asking price a number of years ago was $250.00 USD. I really regret not having purchased it outright! About 5 years ago another 125mm specimen (from French Guiana) went on auction on ebay & final price topped out at around $550.00 USD! I already had a couple of older specimens measuring 105 & 110 mm in body length. I spread the wings out on the larger specimen & they span between 8-9 inches! (203 - 230mm). Truly monster bugs!

Lethocerus maximus - Peru -126mm (just shy of 5 inches!)

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John Kozial

[boghaunter1]

Another couple of really bizarre (pretty? ) Hemipterans from Ecuador,

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John K.

[livingplanet3]

The "Picasso bug" (Sphaerocoris annulus), quite variable in its markings, and found across a wide area of tropical / subtropical Africa -

[adamcotton]

This iridescent green species in family Scutellaridae is quite common here:

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Adam.