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#NewSpecies!
New planthopper from #australia just hopped in:

Gelastopsis procyon

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F55278-FFAA-FFA3-F30B-7AB5FB94FDA9
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1039.3177
#EuropeanJournalOfTaxonomy #GelastopsisProcyon

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#NewSpecies!
New planthopper from #brazil just hopped in:

Spelaeodelphax nexus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/06AA0E4B-88D2-5FF6-968F-05131E48747E
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.55.175661
#SubterraneanBiology #SpelaeodelphaxNexus

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Habitus of Spelaeodelphax nexus, view of male adult in dorsal.

common damsel bug perhaps?

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likely a common damsel bug crawling on a white plastic fence with many drops of water from a foggy morning.

Cicadas are so pretty! :neobot_heart_green:

This is a northern dog day cicada (𝘕𝘦𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴) we spotted on the sidewalk last August:

#InsectThursday #cicada #Hemiptera #insects

A cicada with big black eyes, a green and black body, and wings folded behind it laced with veins that are green at the base and darker towards the ends. It is on a sidewalk.

#NewSpecies!
New planthopper from #china just snuck in:

Andes luchunensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/85946917-F06F-5634-AE2E-C48FA9AA25D9
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.73.173015
#DeutscheEntomologischeZeitschrift #AndesLuchunensis

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Adult of Andes luchunensis resting on the leaf of fern.

One of our local Chagas disease vectors, Triatoma indictiva. Texas.

Cool looking bug, not much risk in casual encounters like this, but you won't want to live in rustic or outdoor housing for longer periods of time where these are common

#Hemiptera #Insects #Triatoma #Bugs

Macro photo of a large, flattish black bug standing on a light-colored rock. The bug has a broad, flared abdomen with thin red stripes along the sides, and a tiny, conical snout at the front.

#NewSpecies!
New bug from #southafrica just snuck in:

Paroxythyreus stilleri

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E98784-9771-FFBC-FF7D-F1E8FD3A9826
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5719.1.5
#Zootaxa #ParoxythyreusStilleri

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Paroxythyreus stilleri, holotype, male, dorsal view.

#NewSpecies!
New mirine plant bug from #japan just snuck in:

Itoigawacoris venustulus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E26F781A-FFA2-695F-FF5A-158642096AC7
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5716.3.6
#Zootaxa #ItoigawacorisVenustulus

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Living individual of Itoigawacoris venustulus, male adult.

Scutiphora pedicellata, the metallic shield bug, is as good a candidate for an official Christmas bug as I’ve seen. Wilson’s Promontory, Australia.

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Macro photograph of a robust, beetle-like bug standing on a green leaf, with a broadly rounded metallic green and red back showing several diffuse black spots and a black cross.

Graphosoma italicum (Müller, 1766)

Published under #CC0 here https://flic.kr/p/2rMQnTx

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Close up shot of a shield bug. The basic color of the upper side of the body is red, with wide black longitudinal stripes. It is sitting in the heart of a wild carrot flower.

Twice-stabbed stink bug (𝘊𝘰𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢) cozied up inside an obedient plant (𝘗𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢) flower, from August:

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A tiny black insect with red lines crossing in a "t" shape on its back, hiding away inside one of several tubular lavender-colored flowers. If you look carefully, you might spot another insect tucked away inside the flower behind the first.

It's #cicada time in #Canberra.

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/327932090

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Big black cicada with a red eye sitting on top of a round wooden post

"Chinches pentatomomorfas de la península ibérica" – by José Ramón Castelló. ("Pentatomorph true bugs of the Iberian peninsula")

Amused by and amazed at this book, and also surprised that a photo from an #iNaturalist observation of mine made it in. The license of my photo is CC BY, but the author, José, kindly asked for permission anyway, which is very appreciated.
https://lynxnaturebooks.com/product/chinches-pentatomorfas/

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#NewSpecies!
New scale insect from #china just came in:

Paraputo liboensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9D1487ED-BB14-9B69-FF9A-B394FBC0F80C
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5590.1.8
#Zootaxa #ParaputoLiboensis

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