Orange and black broad-headed bug
The broad-headed bugs within family Alydidae are mostly tropical and subtropical. They are true bugs, lacking chewing mouthparts. Their main food is seeds, which they pierce with their proboscis to drink the nutritious fluids contained within. The proboscis can be seen tucked under the face and carrying on backwards under the abdomen in this shot.
This is Noliphus erythrocephalus. Body length 15 mm
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Orange and black broad-headed bug
The broad-headed bugs within family Alydidae are mostly tropical and subtropical. They are true bugs, lacking chewing mouthparts. Their main food is seeds, which they pierce with their proboscis to drink the nutritious fluids contained within. The proboscis can be seen tucked under the face and carrying on backwards under the abdomen in this shot.
This is Noliphus erythrocephalus. Body length 15 mm
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