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Common Gumtree Shield Bug nymph (Poecilometis sp.) shedding it's former skin. The red will soon darken to the same black as the old skin
Orange large milkweed bug (Spilostethus hospes; family Lygaeidae) on a giant Indian milkweed flower (crown flower, আকন্দ / Calotropis gigantea, family Asclepiadaceae).
Milkweed bugs are usually found in small groups on milkweed plants, often on the underside of the leaves. The bugs feed on seeds and tissue of the milkweed plants.
Lygaeidae are a family in the Hemiptera (true bugs), comprising twenty-one genera. The family includes insects commonly known as chinch bugs, milkweed bugs, and also some of those known as seed bugs.
Talsari Island, Bay of Bengal
Orissa, India
Herbie in Firenze, Italy.
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Un Maggiolino Tutto Matto targato Massa Carrara a Firenze, via G. Leopardi.
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