A Sprinkle of Earth
Stiretrus decemguttatus - Predatory Stink Bug (Lepeletier and Serville, 1828)
Vicious Romance
Description: The genus Stiretrus consists mainly of predatory stink bugs in the order Hemiptera, suborder Heteroptera, infraorder Pentatomomorpha, superfamily Pentatomoidea, family Pentatomidae and subfamily Asopinae. Stiretrus feeds mainly on the larvae of Coleoptera, such as those of Microtheca ochloroma, and Lepidoptera, acting as precious populational controllers of their prey. In the picture we can see two Stiretrus of different colors, but both belong to the same species as they were mating. The red one was feeding on a larva at the same time as it was mating with the black one. This difference in color is a spectacular display of sexual dimorphism. They vary a lot in coloring and patterns.
www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085...
eol.org/pages/2644899/overview
sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiretrus_decemguttatus
PROJECT NOAH (Português): www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1228606245
Stiretrus decemguttatus - Predatory Stink Bug (Lepeletier and Serville, 1828)
Vicious Romance
Description: The genus Stiretrus consists mainly of predatory stink bugs in the order Hemiptera, suborder Heteroptera, infraorder Pentatomomorpha, superfamily Pentatomoidea, family Pentatomidae and subfamily Asopinae. Stiretrus feeds mainly on the larvae of Coleoptera, such as those of Microtheca ochloroma, and Lepidoptera, acting as precious populational controllers of their prey. In the picture we can see two Stiretrus of different colors, but both belong to the same species as they were mating. The red one was feeding on a larva at the same time as it was mating with the black one. This difference in color is a spectacular display of sexual dimorphism. They vary a lot in coloring and patterns.
www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085...
eol.org/pages/2644899/overview
sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiretrus_decemguttatus
PROJECT NOAH (Português): www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1228606245