Black-and-Red-Bug

_{Original Photo By : @setia.budi}

Good evening all friends #INDONESIAN HIVE.

These fleas are quite often found in garden shrubs anywhere, even macro photography hobbyists are generally tired of taking pictures of these insects, I also tried to take pictures again after a long time did not shoot.

These bugs can reach about 11 to 12 millimetres (0.43 to 0.47 in) in length. They have a characteristic red-black pattern, fully developed wings and long, powerful legs. The hemelytra have two transverse bands that reach the margin and a round white spot on the membrane. Scutellum is without bristles but with tiny hairs. The black band close to the eye is wider than the same.

This species is very difficult to differentiate from Lygaeus simulans, that has a scutellum with long bristles, antennae with angulous tubercles and a larger red area on the head. The red-black pattern has a deterrent effect and serves to protect the insect (Mullerian mimicry or Batesian mimicry). By storing the toxic ingredients of their food plants, they are unpalatable to potential predators.

The stink bug's toxin comes from the poisonous plants they ingest. These trace amounts of toxins cannot kill predators, but during the long evolutionary process, these bitter toxins have indeed prevented most birds from preying on stink bugs. So please do not feed stink bugs to birds.

As usual, after getting some angles of the photo, I immediately edited a little with natural mode according to my taste, here are the results.