A Jewel Bug, aka Lychee Shield Bug
Stunning on a natural red background (bracts of a pointsettia plant )

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysocoris_stollii

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And although literally no one asked, here's some pics of the wild bedbugs…

(They're securely contained in a vial with a tight-fitting lid. The graph paper is a label recording the species, location, and date they were collected. I can put isopropyl alcohol in to kill and preserve them at this point, but I need to buy more.)

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Spotted in a tree while walking through the neighborhood: wheel bug (𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴) eggs!

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A Cicada, Purana ubina, spotted at the Central Catchment Nature Reserve, Singapore on 1 Jan 2025. Maybe one of the less common local cicadas; I was attracted by the song it made (of course), which was different from the usual cicada song I hear.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/256984928 ].

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A beautifully textured visitor to the lilac. This is a Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina). It is enjoying the sunshine, as they do.

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A couple of black and red bugs today - Cinnamon Bug (Corizus hyoscyami) and the red form of Brassica Bug (Eurydema oleracea). In #Bath #Somerset #UK.
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