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

#Scutelleridae #Insects #Hemiptera #Bugs #nature

Graphosoma italicum (Müller, 1766)

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

#Hemiptera #Heteroptera #Pentatomidae #Podopinae #Graphosoma #Pentax #Macro #ShieldBug #Animal #Wildlife #Nature #Mywork #Photography

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

#InsectThursday #BloomScrollingWIthInsect #Hemiptera #insects

It's #cicada time in #Canberra.

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

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"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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#NewSpecies!
New issid planthopper from #vietnam just hopped in:

Hemisphaerius thaydoius

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F6C023-FF94-2C63-FC4C-9992E24EFA29
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.994.2911
#ejtaxonomy #HemisphaeriusThaydoius

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#NewSpecies!
New water strider from #china just strode in:

Velia lii

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6F5ABD44-A6B1-5791-BF1B-EE9A0AFA84A6
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1254.156152
#ZooKeys #VeliaLii

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#NewSpecies!
New flat bug from #malaysia just came in:

Aradosyrtis sexmaculatus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5F37878D-FFE3-FFBC-94BA-972CFE16FD0B
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16956692
#LinzerBiologischeBeiträge #AradosyrtisSexmaculatus

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