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Unusual, Weird & Beautiful Hemipterans
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 7:27 pm
by boghaunter1
Wow! Metallic beauty Stinkbug, Philippines, Mattiphus sp.,
- Hemiptera - Mattiphus sp. - Philippines.jpg (65.88 KiB) Viewed 4660 times
Another... from the Philippines - no I.D.
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John K.
Re: Unusual, Weird & Beautiful Hemipterans
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 7:34 pm
by boghaunter1
Coridae sp. - Philippines
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Malaysia, Cameron Highlands, no I.D.,
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John K.
Re: Unusual, Weird & Beautiful Hemipterans
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 7:51 pm
by 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.
Re: Unusual, Weird & Beautiful Hemipterans
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 8:00 pm
by livingplanet3
boghaunter1 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 7:34 pm
Coridae sp. - Philippines
Malaysia, Cameron Highlands, no I.D.,...
Both species possibly Prionolomia spp., or a closely related genus.
Re: Unusual, Weird & Beautiful Hemipterans
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 8:02 pm
by boghaunter1
Two weird bugs from Ecuador
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Re: Unusual, Weird & Beautiful Hemipterans
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:02 pm
by livingplanet3
boghaunter1 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 7:51 pm
A Strikingly colored bug - Reduvidae sp. from the Philippines...
That might be the most unusual looking reduviid I've ever seen!
Re: Unusual, Weird & Beautiful Hemipterans
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:07 pm
by boghaunter1
Very cool leaf-footed bugs From Ecuador,
Diactor flavolineata
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& also D. bilineatus
- Diactor bilineatus - male - Ecuador.jpg (215.03 KiB) Viewed 4636 times
John K.
Re: Unusual, Weird & Beautiful Hemipterans
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:20 pm
by boghaunter1
Another neat leaf-footed bug... unknown location or I.D.,
- Flag Legged Bug II.jpg (40.63 KiB) Viewed 4633 times
John K.
Re: Unusual, Weird & Beautiful Hemipterans
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:35 pm
by livingplanet3
boghaunter1 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:20 pm
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 -
Re: Unusual, Weird & Beautiful Hemipterans
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:41 pm
by boghaunter1
Beautiful "bugs" indeed! Those nymphs are living, walking kaleidoscopes... just stunning! Thanks for posting!
John K.
Re: Unusual, Weird & Beautiful Hemipterans
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:45 pm
by livingplanet3
boghaunter1 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:41 pm
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.
Re: Unusual, Weird & Beautiful Hemipterans
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 5:25 am
by 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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- Stink Bugs 1.jpg (655.43 KiB) Viewed 4614 times
Re: Unusual, Weird & Beautiful Hemipterans
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 5:52 pm
by boghaunter1
Ahhhh.... southern Arizona bug hunting.... hopefully one day!
TFP! (Thx. for posting).
John K.
Re: Unusual, Weird & Beautiful Hemipterans
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 8:05 pm
by 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.
Re: Unusual, Weird & Beautiful Hemipterans
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 10:13 pm
by 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!)
- Lethocerus maximus 126mm GIANT - Peru II - $250.00 USD.jpg (201.54 KiB) Viewed 4575 times
- Lethocerus maximus 126mm GIANT - Peru - $250.00 USD.jpg (179.72 KiB) Viewed 4575 times
John Kozial
Re: Unusual, Weird & Beautiful Hemipterans
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 9:11 pm
by boghaunter1
Another couple of really bizarre (pretty?
) Hemipterans from Ecuador,
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- True Bug- Wow... horny.jpg (114.78 KiB) Viewed 4545 times
John K.
Re: Unusual, Weird & Beautiful Hemipterans
Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 5:57 pm
by livingplanet3
The "Picasso bug" (Sphaerocoris annulus), quite variable in its markings, and found across a wide area of tropical / subtropical Africa -
Re: Unusual, Weird & Beautiful Hemipterans
Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2023 6:25 pm
by adamcotton
This iridescent green species in family Scutellaridae is quite common here:
https://www.thaibugs.com/wp-content/gal ... era%29.jpg
Adam.