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Man-faced Shield Bug (Catacanthus incarnatus, Pentatomidae) Man Faced Stink Bug, Insects Up Close, Bug Faces Up Close, Insects Close Up, Shield Bugs, Weird Insects, Stink Bugs, Cool Insects, Cool Bugs

These large true bugs occur in four bright colour morphs: red, orange, yellow and cream with dark eye spots on their forewings, advertising their noxious taste and also perhaps functioning as eyespots to mislead predators. Overall, the spotted pattern resembles a man’s face when one views the bug oriented with the head downwards (I can see you tilting your head). Pu'er, Yunnan, China

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https://flic.kr/p/nEm1QT | Final Instar Tessaratomid Giant Shield Bug Nymph (Tessaratomidae) | Tessaratomidae is a family of true bugs, similar in appearance to the more common shield/stink bugs of the family Pentatomidae. Larger species are known informally as Giant Shield Bugs or Giant Stink Bugs and are sometimes quite colourful. They are phytophagous (i.e. eat plants) generally sucking the sap from plants belonging to the plant orders Rosales (roses, apples, stone fruits, nettles and others) and Sapindales (citrus, maples, mangoes and many others), and spend most of their lives on tree leaves and stems. As in other hemipterans, tessaratomids are hemimetabolic, undergoing incomplete metamorphosis. This means that they do not possess larval and pupal stages. Instead, juvenile tessarat Incomplete Metamorphosis, Shield Bug, Shield Bugs, Stink Bug, Insect Species, Stink Bugs, Stone Fruits, Developmental Stages, Macro Photos

https://flic.kr/p/nEm1QT | Final Instar Tessaratomid Giant Shield Bug Nymph (Tessaratomidae) | Tessaratomidae is a family of true bugs, similar in appearance to the more common shield/stink bugs of the family Pentatomidae. Larger species are known informally as Giant Shield Bugs or Giant Stink Bugs and are sometimes quite colourful. They are phytophagous (i.e. eat plants) generally sucking the sap from plants belonging to the plant orders Rosales (roses, apples, stone fruits, nettles and…

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